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Western Digital WD5000AVDS
8.1 out of 10

Western Digital WD5000AVDS

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Specifications

Feature
Value
Comment
Performance Specifications
Rotational Speed
IntelliPower *
Buffer Size
32 MB
Acoustics (Sone)
<1
Transfer Rates
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)
3 Gb/s (Max)
Physical Specifications
Formatted Capacity
500,107 MB
Capacity
500 GB
User Sectors Per Drive
976773168
English
Height
1.028 Inches
Depth
5.787 Inches
Width
4.00 Inches
Weight
1.39 Pounds
Metric
Height
25.4 mm
Depth
147 mm
Width
101.6 mm
Weight
0.63 kg
Shock
Operating Shock (Read)
65G, 2 ms
Non-operating Shock
300G, 2 ms
Acoustics
Idle Mode
24 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 3
25 dBA (average)
Temperature (English)
Operating
32° F to 140° F
Non-operating
-40° F to 158° F
Temperature (Metric)
Operating
-0° C to 60° C
Non-operating
-40° C to 70° C
Humidity
Operating
5-95% RH non-condensing
Non-operating
5-95% RH non-condensing
Vibration
Linear
20-300 Hz, 0.75 G (0 to peak)
Random
0.004 g²/Hz (10 to 300 Hz)
Current Requirements
Read/Write
227 mA
Idle
161 mA
Standby
5.4 mA
Sleep
5.4 mA
Product Specifications
Interface
SATA 3 Gb/s
Operating System
Compatibility
Windows/Mac
Release Date
First seen
15 November 2009