Product Description
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WD Caviar Blue hard drives are available with either SATA or
EIDE interface in a variety of cache sizes with a multitude of
available features to deliver rock solid performance and
ultra-cool and quiet operation. Pick the drive that suits your
needs with the confidence in knowing that all WD Caviar Blue
drives are built to the highest standards of quality and
reliability. With capacities ranging from 40 GB to 640 GB, these
drives are the perfect solution for family and business
computing.
From the Manufacturer
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WD Caviar Blue Hard Drives – Value and reliability for everyday
computing.
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WD Caviar Blue SATA hard drives deliver solid performance and
reliability making them a perfect solution for both family and
business computing.
Why you should choose WD Caviar Blue:
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A wide array of capacities, cache sizes, and interfaces means
there's a WD Caviar Blue hard drive that's just right for you.
And because it's from WD, you'll have the confidence in knowing
you've selected a drive that's truly world-class.
The original.
These drives are built utilizing the proven technology of the
original award-winning WD Caviar 3.5-inch hard drives for desktop
computers. Value.
Built to the highest standards of quality and reliability, these
drives offer features and capacity at an affordable price. Ample
capacity.
Store up to 320 GB of photos, videos, music and files. Features
at a glance
* 320 GB of desktop storage
* SATA 3 Gb/s interface
* WD quality and reliability
Ideal for:
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* Family and business computing
* Adding storage in desktop PCs or external drives
* Adding extra storage space for photos, videos and music
Features:
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SATA 3 Gb/s interface - The industry standard and most common
interface.
Cool operation - WD continues to develop new and innovative ways
to keep drives cool while they are operating which helps protect
the drive and the data stored on it.
Compatible - We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a
multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab to give our customers
confidence that our drives will work in their systems.
NoTouch ramp load technology - The head never touches
the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the
head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.
Desktop / Consumer RAID environments - WD Caviar Blue Hard Drives
are tested and recommended for use in consumer-type RAID
applications. (RAID-0 / RAID-1)*
*Business Critical RAID Environments – WD Caviar Blue Hard Drives
are not recommended for and are not warranted for use in RAID
environments utilizing Enterprise HBAs and/or expanders and in
multi-bay chassis, as they are not designed for, nor tested in,
these specific types of RAID applications. For all Business
Critical RAID applications, please consider WD's Enterprise Hard
Drives that are specifically designed with RAID-specific,
time-limited error recovery (TLER), are tested extensively in
24x7 RAID applications, and include features like enhanced RAFF
technology and thermal extended burn-in testing.
Upgrading your drive is easy - WD Acronis TrueImage, available as
a free download on the WD Support site, enables you to copy all
your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your
operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive. Note:
Bare drive does not include any cables or ing hardware.
The WD advantage - WD puts our products through extensive
Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product
launch. On average, each new product goes through 600,000 hours
of testing. WD also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than
1,000 helpful articles. You can also call toll-free support 7
days per week in the U.S. and Canada. See the WD Support site for
full details.
WD-certified packaging - All WD drives purchased from .com are
shipped in WD-certified hard drive packaging. It is designed and
fully tested to provide WD products with the highest of safety
while in transit. With WD-certified packaging, you can rest
assured that your WD hard drive will arrive safely, fully
protected, non-descript, easy-open package.
Compatibility
Works with Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac and Linux operating
systems.
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for every day computing. Cool, quiet, Maximum performance
for power computing. The fastest SATA hard drive
on the planet. Ideal for Family and business computing. Desktop
PCs, external drives and NAS devices. Photo and video editing,
and
maxed out gaming systems. Performance enthusiast
systems and workstations. Capacity range 80 GB – 1 TB 320 GB – 3
TB 500 GB – 2 TB 150 GB – 600 GB Interface SATA 6 Gb/s
SATA 3 Gb/s
PATA 100 MB/s SATA 6 Gb/s
SATA 3 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s
SATA 3 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s Form Factor 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch
3.5-inch Cache 8 MB – 32 MB 16 MB – 64 MB 32 MB – 64 MB 32 MB
Limited Warranty 2-year 2-year 5-year 5-year Highest capacity
Highest performance Photo Video editing
- Capacity - 320G.
- SATA II.
- 16M CACHE.
- 7200 RPM.
- 3.5 Inch.