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WD Scorpio Blue WD5000LPVT 500 GB 2.5" Internal Hard Drive - SATA - 5400 rpm - 8 MB Buffer
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- Item #:
- N-192551
- Category:
- Hard Drives
- Availability:
- Item is in stock
- Packaging:
- Retail Packaging
- Platform:
- N/A
- Condition:
- New
- Brand:
- Western Digital
From the Manufacturer
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Features
The original.
WD Blue drives are designed and manufactured with the proven technology found in WD’s original award-winning desktop and mobile hard drives.
WD quality.
Built to the highest standards of quality and reliability, these drives offer the features and capacity ideal for your everyday computing needs.
More options.
These drives are available in a broad range of capacities, cache sizes, form factors and interfaces so you can be sure there’s a drive that’s the perfect fit for your system, in more ways than one.
Low power consumption.
State-of-the-art seeking algorithms and advanced power management features ensure low power consumption and long battery life.
NoTouch Ramp Load technology.
The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.
Quiet.
In a notebook drive, silence is golden. WD's exclusive noise reducing technologies yield one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market.
SATA or PATA interface.
While SATA has become the industry standard interface, WD continues to manufacture mobile drives with a PATA interface for unique or legacy systems.
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.
The WD advantage.
WD puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T) prior to any product launch. This testing ensures our products consistently meet the highest quality and reliability standards of the WD brand. WD also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles as well as helpful software and utilities. Our customer support lines have longer operational hours to ensure you get the help you need when you need it. Our toll-free
customer support lines are here to help or you can access our WD Support site for additional details.
Recommended use:
Instantaneously protects the hard WD Blue hard drives are tested and recommended for use innotebooks, external enclosures and certain industrial applications.
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Power of Choice
More products. More options. More solutions. More you.
Your digital life is unique and you need a family of internal hard drives that are as individual as you are. WD offers more than a one-size-fits-all hard drive. WD offers you choice. And that’s a powerful thing.
WD Blue
WD Blue hard drives deliver solid performance and reliability for desktops PCs, external enclosures and for certain industrial applications.
WD Green
WD Green hard drives are designed for use as secondary drives in PCs, for external enclosures and other applications for which low noise and low heat are beneficial.
WD Black
WD Black hard drives are designed for enthusiasts and creative professionals looking for leading-edge performance.
WD Red
WD Red hard drives are designed and tested for compatibility in the unique 24x7 operating environment and demanding system requirements of home and small office NAS.
Specs
Performance Specifications
| Rotational Speed | 5,400 RPM (nominal) |
| Buffer Size | 8 MB |
| Transfer Rates | |
|---|---|
| Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) | 3 Gb/s (Max) |
| Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk) | 147 MB/s (Max) |
Physical Specifications
| Formatted Capacity | 500,107 MB |
| Capacity | 500 GB |
| User Sectors Per Drive | 976,773,168 |
Physical Dimensions
| English | |
|---|---|
| Height | 0.27 Inches |
| Depth | 3.94 Inches |
| Width | 2.75 Inches |
| Weight | 0.20 Pounds |
| Metric | |
|---|---|
| Height | 6.8 mm |
| Depth | 100.2 mm |
| Width | 69.85 mm |
| Weight | 0.09 kg |
Environmental Specifications
| Shock | |
|---|---|
| Operating Shock (Read) | 400G, 2ms |
| Non-operating Shock | 1000G, 2 ms |
| Acoustics | |
|---|---|
| Idle Mode | 17 dBA (average) |
| Seek Mode 0 | 22 dBA (average) |
| Temperature (English) | |
|---|---|
| Operating | 32° F to 140° F |
| Non-operating | -40° F to 149° F |
| Temperature (Metric) | |
|---|---|
| Operating | -0° C to 60° C |
| Non-operating | -40° C to 65° C |
Electrical Specifications
| Current Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Power Dissipation |
Read/Write: 1.4 Watts Idle: 0.55 Watts Standby: 0.13 Watts Sleep: 0.13 Watts |
General Information
WD Scorpio Blue 2.5-inch SATA and PATA hard drives offer solid-performance, ultra-quiet operation and low-power use for portable digital devices of all kinds. Pick the drive that suits your needs with the confidence in knowing that all WD Scorpio Blue drives are built to the highest standards of quality and reliability. |
Technical Information
| Storage Capacity: | 500 GB |
| Platform Supported: | Mac |
| Platform Supported: | PC |
| Features: | Advanced Format |
| Features: | S.M.A.R.T |
| Features: | Reduced Power Consumption |
| Features: | Ultra Cool and Quiet |
Drive Performance
| Maximum External Data Transfer Rate: | 384 MBps (3 Gbps) |
| Rotational Speed: | 5400 rpm |
| Buffer: | 8 MB |
| Average Latency: | 5.50 ms |
Interfaces/Ports
| Drive Interface: | SATA |
| Drive Interface Standard: | SATA/300 |
| SATA Pin: | 7-pin |
Physical Characteristics
| Drive Type: | Internal |
| Drive Width: | 2.5" |
| Height: | 0.3" |
| Width: | 2.8" |
| Depth: | 3.9" |
| Weight (Approximate): | 3.20 oz |
Miscellaneous
| System Requirements: | Operating System(s):
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| Certifications & Standards: |
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| Green Compliant: | Yes |
| Green Compliance Certificate/Authority: | RoHS |
| Green Compliance Certificate/Authority: | WEEE |
Warranty
| Limited Warranty: | 2 Year |
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- UPC: 718037785653
- Mfr's Part #: WD5000LPVT
