HDD WD 1 T Blue NB

DESCRIPTION

WD Scorpio Blue Hard Drives Big capacity for portablecomputing.

WD Scorpio Blue 2.5-inch SATA hard drives deliver massive 1TB capacity paired with ultra-quiet operation and low power consumption, makingthem the ideal drive for everyday notebook computing. In addition, these harddrives are designed with ruggedness, reliability, and data-protection featuresthat actively watch over your valuable data.

Why you should choose WD Scorpio Blue drives:

WD Scorpio Blue SATA drives are the perfect way to addstorage for all your photos, videos and files on your notebook computer.

Low power consumption.

State-of-the-art seeking algorithms and advanced powermanagement features ensure low power consumption and long battery life.

Quiet.

In a notebook drive, silence is golden. WD's exclusiveWhisperDrive technology yields one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on themarket.

Massive capacity for notebooks.

Storage capacity for 2.5-inch form factor drives withstandard 9.5 mm height has arrived at a realm once thought to be impossible -up to 1 TB - giving you all the capacity you need to keep your photos, musicand files right there on your notebook.

Ideal for:

Notebook computing

Small form factor external enclosures

Netbooks

Features:

SATA 3 Gb/s interface - The industry standard and mostcommon interface.

NoTouch ramp load technology - The recording head nevertouches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording headand media as well as better drive protection in transit.

Rugged - WD's ShockGuard technology protects the drivemechanics and platter surfaces from shocks.

Tested for compatibility - We perform tests on hundreds ofsystems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab and Mobile CompatibilityLab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems

Advanced Format (AF) - Technology being adopted by WD andother drive manufacturers to continue growing hard drive capacities. New drivesfeaturing AF are optimized for operation with Windows 7, Windows Vista and MacOS X Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard. For older operating systems such as WindowsXP, users must run the free WD Align software utility to achieve the fullperformance of the drive.

Upgrading your drive is easy - WD Acronis TrueImage,available as a free download on the WD Support site, enables you to copy allyour data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your operating systemto get all the benefits of a new drive. Note: Bare drive does not include anycables or mounting hardware.

The WD advantage - WD puts our products through extensiveFunctional 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 detailedKnowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles.

WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB SATA Hard Drives

Performance Specifications :

Rotational Speed : 5,400 RPM (nominal)

Buffer Size : 8 MB

Average Latency :  5.50ms (nominal)

Transfer Rates

Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)

6 Gb/s (Max)

Physical Specifications

Formatted Capacity : 1,000,204 MB

Capacity :  1 TB

Interface :  SATA 3

User Sectors Per Drive

1,953,525,168

Physical Dimensions

English

Height

0.374 Inches

Depth

3.94 Inches

Width

2.75 Inches

Weight

0.27 Pounds

Metric

Height

9.5 mm

Depth

100.2 mm

Width

69.85 mm

Weight

0.11 kg

Environmental Specifications

Acoustics

Idle Mode

22 dBA (average)

Seek Mode 0

25 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

Humidity

Operating

8% to 95% 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

Electrical Specifications

Current Requirements

Power Dissipation

Read/Write

1.4 Watts

Idle

0.59 Watts

Standby

0.18 Watts

Sleep

0.18 Watts