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Quiet Hard Drives - 320 Gig WD Caviar SE16 Silent Hard Drive
( WD3200KS )

320 Gig Silent Western Digital Hard Drive

Western Digital's Caviar SE silent hard drive line are now the quietest hard drives available. You can now expect the performance and reliability that Western Digital has long been known for along with a truly silent product.

WD Caviar® SE 7200 RPM next-generation SATA silent hard drives feature up to 320 GB of storage, combined with a massive 16 MB cache for lightning-fast performance. Yes, these reliable drives are fast, but they still deliver technologically advanced acoustics and cool operation. Designed for high-performance computers, multimedia and gaming systems.

320 Gig SE Key Features:

Cool operating temperature - WD hard drives are designed to have the lowest power consumption of any high-capacity, desktop-class hard drive which lowers the operating temperature for enhanced drive reliability.

Whisper quiet - These highly reliable silent hard drives deliver technologically advanced acoustics. With its WhisperDrive™ and SoftSeek™ technologies, WD has minimized noise to levels virtually imperceptible to the human ear in home and business environments.

Ideal For:

• Designed for use in the fastest PCs on the market, including high-performance business computers, multimedia and gaming systems.

How this WD silent hard drive protects your data:

• Data Lifeguard™ is an exclusive set of data protection features, including shock protection, an environmental protection system and real-time embedded error detection and repair. WD's Data Lifeguard technology automatically finds, isolates, and repairs problems that may develop over the life of a hard drive.
• Data Lifeguard Tools™ are software utilities designed for WD hard drives that work with the embedded Data Lifeguard features to make hard drive installation,diagnostics and repair both simple and worry-free. (Download Data Lifeguard Tools)
• ShockGuard™ instantaneously protects the hard drive against damage from bumps and vibrations while it is running. This technology enables WD Caviar drives to achieve industry-leading shock specification.

320 Gig WD Caviar SE Quiet Hard Drive Specifications:

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Performance Specifications

• Rotational Speed 7,200 RPM (nominal)
• Buffer Size 16 MB
• Average Latency 4.20 ms (nominal)
• Contact Start/Stop Cycles 50,000 minimum

Seek Times

• Read Seek Time 8.9 ms
• Track-To-Track Seek Time 2.0 ms (average)
• Full Stroke Seek 21.0 ms (average)

Transfer Rates

• Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) 300 MB/s (Max)
• Buffer To Disk 748 Mbits/s (Max)

Physical Specifications

• Formatted Capacity 320,072 MB
• Capacity 320 GB
• Interface SATA 300 MB/s
• User Sectors Per Drive 652,142,448

Physical Dimensions

English

• Height 1.028 Inches (Max)
• Length 5.787 Inches (Max)
• Width 4.00 Inches (+/- 0.010 inch)
• Weight 1.32 Pounds

Metric

• Height 26.1 mm (Max)
• Length 147 mm (Max)
• Width 101.6 mm
• Weight 0.6 kg

Environmental Specifications

Shock

• Operating Shock (Read) 65G, 2 ms
• Non-operating Shock 250G, 2 ms

Acoustics

• Idle Mode 28 dBA (average)
• Seek Mode 0 33 dBA (average)
• Seek Mode 3 29 dBA (average)

Temperature (English)

• Operating 41° F to 131° F
• Non-operating -40° F to 149° F

Temperature (Metric)

• Operating 5° C to 55° C
• Non-operating -40° C to 65° C

Humidity

• Operating 5-95% RH non-condensing
• Non-operating 5-95% RH non-condensing

Altitude (English)

• Operating -1,000 feet to 10,000 feet
• Non-operating -1,000 feet to 40,000 feet

Altitude (Metric)

• Operating -305M to 3,050M
• Non-operating -305M to 12,200M

Vibration

Operating

• Linear 20-300 Hz, .75G (0 to peak)
• Random 10-300 Hz, 0.004 g² / Hz
• Non-operating
• Low Frequency 5-20 Hz, 0.195 inches (double amplitude)
• High Frequency 20-500 Hz, 4.0G (0 to peak)

Electrical Specifications

Current Requirements

• 12 VDC
• Read/Write 450 mA
• Idle 430 mA
• Standby 20 mA
• Sleep 20 mA
• 5 VDC
• Read/Write 800 mA
• Idle 730 mA
• Standby 270 mA
• Sleep 250 mA

Power Dissipation

• Read/Write 9.50 Watts
• Idle 8.75 Watts
• Standby 1.60 Watts
• Sleep 1.50 Watts