Western Digital WD3200KSRTL Caviar 320 GB SATA 3.5-Inch Hard Drive

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.1 x 4 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B000FBSREU
• Item model number: WD3200KSRTL
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,732 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)

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• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 13, 2006

Product Description

From the manufacturer
The WD Caviar SE16 7200 RPM next-generation SATA hard drive features 16 MB cache for lightning-fast performance, cool and quiet operation and 320 GB of storage for capacity-hungry applications.

Key Features

16 MB cache - Bigger cache means faster performance. A massive 16 MB cache combined with up to 300 MB/s transfer rate make these ultra-fast drives the perfect solution for the fully loaded PC with a fast processor.

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 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.

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

Product Description
WD Caviar SATA hard drives feature 16 MB cache for lightning-fast performance and up to 320 GB of storage for capacity-hungry applications. This drive installs in an available internal drive bay of a desktop PC computer tower. SATA latching connector provides a secure connection between the hard drive and the cable by using a locking latch mechanism SecureConnect provides a 500 percent stronger cable-to-drive connection than first-generation SATA hard drives and cables Average latency - 4.2 ms (nominal) Buffer - 16 MB Cache Buffer Data transfer rate to host - 300 MB per seconds (maximum) Buffer Data transfer rate to disk - 70 MB per seconds (sustained) Drive ready time - 9.0 sec (average) Error rate (non-recoverable) - Less than 1 in 1014 bits read LBA support Rotational speed - 7200 RPM Full stroke Seek Time - 21 ms (average) Read Seek Time - 8.9 ms (average) Track-to-track - 2.0 ms (average) Start & stop cycles - 50,000 (minimum) Dimensions - Height 1.02 x Length 5.78 x Width 4.00 inch, Height 26.1 mm x Length 147 mm x Width 101.6 mm Weight 1.32 Pounds, 0.6 kg

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Drive, Cable Issues, June 10, 2008

By	L. Tavrow - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was suprised to find that the included SATA cable would not work
with my Dell Dimension E521 computer. Basically, there was this big
plastic thing on the end of the cable that plugged into the drive
that was too big for the enclosure. By the third "supervisor" on the
help line, I finally returned from India to the US and learned what
was going on. Western Digital had decided that the sata connector
spec was not physically robust enough -- apparently some had broken
and so they had (over-)engineered this monstrosity. Naturally, it
was my fault that it would not work with my computer. My options
appeared to be to return the drive or buy a "normal" sata cable. I
chose instead to snip off the offending plastic with some wire cutters.
Now the drive works great -- I only can't find the plastic piece since
it flew across the room and under some furniture in the process.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast for a consumer-grade drive, July 31, 2007

By	H. Goldstein (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I routinely see about 72-73 MB/s sustained reads off of the drives (reading a GB at a time) even with the interface strapped at SATA-I speeds (but note, the drives support and are shipped ready to run at the speedier SATA-II speeds).

Pros: Fast, economical, and run fairly cool.
Cons: 1 year warranty, could be longer.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Problems, Fast Drive, November 18, 2007

By	D. Smiley (St. Petersburg, FL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Drive arrived quickly, as usual, and I have had no problems. I have pretty much had this system drive running 24/7 since I received it about a month ago, and have not experienced a single hiccup or problem.

I use it as my single system drive in my new home-built. Drive is fast, quiet and trouble free.