Fast - The one-two performance punch of 300 MB/s transfer rate, state-of-the-art performance for SATA drives, and 8 MB cache make the WD Caviar Blue family the fastest desktop-class hard drives available.

Cool - Cool operation means the highest reliability even in high-heat environments such as personal video recorders. That's why these drives, the coolest on the market, are the drive of choice for the world's leading consumer electronics manufacturers as well as the world's leading PC makers.

Quiet - The technology that Tom's Hardware called "very fast and nearly silent" is repeated in this family of drives. Western Digital has minimized noise to levels virtually below the threshold of human hearing with WhisperDrive technology. And to cut seek noise, SoftSeek technology streamlines read/write seeking algorithms, resulting in the drive operating more efficiently when accessing and writing data.

    Expansion / Connectivity

Interfaces	1 x Serial ATA II - 7 pin Serial ATA
Compatible Bays	1 x internal - 3.5" x 1/3H

    Manufacturer Warranty

Service & Support	3 years warranty
Service & Support Details	Limited warranty - 3 years

    Environmental Parameters

Sound Emission	34 dBA
Min Operating Temperature	5 °C
Max Operating Temperature	55 °C
Humidity Range Operating	5 - 95%
Shock Tolerance	65 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 250 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)
Vibration Tolerance	0.75 g @ 20-300 Hz (operating) / 4 g @ 20-500 Hz (non-operating)

    Hard Drive

Form Factor	3.5" x 1/3H
Features	Data Lifeguard, Shock Guard, SecureConnect, FlexPower, WhisperDrive, Soft Seek
Interface Type	Serial ATA II
Buffer Size	8MB
Capacity	160GB
Connactor	22-position Serial ATA (SATA) plug

    Performance

Drive Transfer Rate	300 MBps (external) / 93.5 MBps (internal)
Seek Time	8.9 ms (average) / 21 ms (max)
Spindle Speed	7200 rpm
Track-to-Track Seek Time	2 ms
Average Latency	4.2 ms

    Reliability

Non-Recoverable Errors	1 per 10^14
Start / Stop Cycles	50,000