Western Digital Blue WD5000AZLX 500 GB Hard Drive - 3.5" Internal - SATA (SATA/600) - 7200rpm - 2 Year Warranty
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Western Digital Blue WD5000AZLX 500 GB Hard Drive - 3.5" Internal - SATA (SATA/600) - 7200rpm - 2 Year Warranty
WD BLUE PC DESKTOP HARD DRIVE 500GB SATA 6 GB/S 32MB 7200RPM 3.5-INCH 2-YEAR LIM
Manufacturer Part Number: WD5000AZLX
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Specifications: 500 GB
Model number1: WD5000AZLX
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Formatted capacity2: 500,107 MB
Advanced Format (AF): Yes
Form factor: 3.5-inch
RoHS compliant3: Yes
Performance:
Data transfer rate (max) :
Buffer to host: 6 Gb/s
Host to/from drive (sustained): 150 MB/s
Cache (MB): 32
Rotational speed (RPM): 7200 RPM Class
Reliability/Data Integrity:
Load/unload cycles: 300,000
Non-recoverable read errors per bits read: <1 in 1014
Limited warranty (years): 2
Power Management:
12VDC �10% (A, peak): 2.5
Average power requirements (W):
- Read/Write: 6.87
- Idle: 6.1
- Standby/Sleep: 1.2
Temperature (�C):
- Operating : 0 to 60
- Non-operating: -40 to 70
- Operating (2 ms, write) : 30
- Operating (2 ms, read) : 65
- Non-operating (2 ms): 350
- Idle: 29
- Seek (average): 30
Height (in./mm, max): 1.028/25.4
Length (in./mm, max): 5.787/147
Width (in./mm, � .01 in.): 4/101.6
Weight (lb./kg, � 10%): 0.99/0.45
MANUFACTURER NAME: Western Digital
MANUFACTURER PART NUMBER: WD5000AZLX
UPC EAN CODE: 649664519901
LANGUAGE: EN
MARKET:US
| General Information: | |
WD Blue™ internal hard drives deliver solid reliability for office and web applications, and they are perfect for extra storage for desktop PCs and in office applications. 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. Tested for compatibility -- We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems. Upgrading your drive is easy -- Seamlessly migrate your current system to your new Western Digital drive using Acronis® True Image™ WD Edition software, available as a free download on the Western Digital Support site. This software 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 Western Digital® advantage -Western Digital puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product launch. On average, each new product goes through 600,000 hours of testing. Western Digital also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles. You can also call toll-free support 7 days per week in the U.S. and Canada. See the Western Digital Support site for full details. Recommended use - WD Desktop hard drives are tested and recommended for use in PCs, industrial applications and external enclosures. | |
| Manufacturer | Western Digital Corporation |
| Manufacturer Part Number | WD5000AZLX |
| Manufacturer Website Address | http://www.wdc.com |
| Brand Name | Western Digital |
| Product Line | Blue |
| Product Model | WD5000AZLX |
| Product Name | Blue 500 GB 3.5-inch PC Hard Drive |
| Product Type | Hard Drive |
| Product UPC | 649664519901 |
| Technical Information: | |
| Storage Capacity | 500 GB |
| Platform Supported | PC |
| Drive Performance: | |
| Spindle Speed (rpm) | 7200 |
| Buffer | 32 MB |
| Network & Communication: | |
| Wireless LAN | No |
| Interfaces/Ports: | |
| Drive Interface | SATA |
| Drive Interface Standard | SATA/600 |
| Physical Characteristics: | |
| Drive Type | Internal |
| Form Factor | 3.5" |
| Height | 1" |
| Width | 4" |
| Depth | 5.8" |
| Weight (Approximate) | 15.87 oz |
| Miscellaneous: | |
| Device Supported | Desktop PC
Notebook |
| Country of Origin | Malaysia |
| Environmentally Friendly | Yes |
| Warranty: | |
| Warranty | 2 Year |
What Can Your Device Hold?
1Photos based on a 10-Megapixel camera producing images 5MB in size
2Songs based on average length of 4 minutes, 4MB size
3HD video based on 720p or 1080i video
4Blu-ray HD Movie was calculated at 16.2Gb per hour recording rate
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Everything You Want to Know About Hard Drives.
Understanding hard drive basics will help you make better storage decisions.What's a Hard Drive Do?
A hard drive is the hardware component that stores all of your digital content. Your documents, pictures, music, videos, programs, application preferences, and operating system represent digital content stored on a hard drive. Hard drives can be external or internal.
Everything stored on a hard drive is measured in terms of its file size. Documents (text) are generally very small whereas pictures are large, music is even larger, and videos are by far the biggest. A hard drive determines the size of digital files in terms of megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), and terabytes (TB).
There are 3 major versions of hard drive technologies. All of them have pros and cons and reasons for owning each versions;
Standard Hard Drives
- This is an older technology but has continued to evolve in speed and reliability. Basically the technology is like a record player except the platters are metal instead of vinyl and the needle is magnetic allowing you to read, write and erase. The faster the hard drive spins, or RPM, the faster the read and write happens.
Pros -- Cheapest per GB, very reliable and easily replaceable.
Cons -- Much slower than newer technologies.
Solid State or SSD Drives
- Solid State is basically a form of memory that can be written to and the data will stay saved even with the power off!
Pros -- Very Fast read/write, no moving parts so it is quiet and in theory should last longer, less heat and energy.
Cons -- Price per GB is more expensive than Standard HDD.
M.2 Drives
- An M.2 SSD is a solid-state drive (SSD) that conforms to a computer industry specification written for internally mounted storage expansion cards of a small form factor. Shaped like a stick of gum. Most M.2 SSDs are 80 x 22mm (L x W), but they can be shorter or longer. You can tell what size an M.2 SSD is by reading the four or five-digit number in its name: the first two numbers are its width, while the others are its length (example: M.2 Type-2280).
Pros -- Small for factor and SPEED,!!! M.2 card can use either the existing SATA 3.0 specifications and be restricted to the 600MB/s or it could instead elect to use PCI-Express that provides a bandwidth of 1GB/s under the current PCI-Express 3.0 standards.
Cons -- Compatibility, since this is an internal storage device your motherboard must be newer and include the proper slot(s) to accommodate this storage technology.
Hybrid Hard Drives
- A Hybrid Hard Drive may be the best of both worlds. In a Hybrid Drive you have both SSD and Platter or Standard Hard Drives included in one device. Typically you have a smaller SSD Drive coupled with a larger HDD. You have the low price per GB of an HDD and the speed of an SSD. This type of drive is a great choice for SMB workstations all the way to gaming machines.
Pros -- Best overall value for the dollar as well as speed ratio.
Cons -- Can add a level of complexity to some users as you basically have 2 drives in one and will have to be aware of what drive you will save data vs programs to.
If you have an older Computer or notebook consider the SSD option as it will make your system feel new again with this faster storage technology.
Internal vs. External or Portable Hard Drives
External desktop hard drives are built using a drive and require an AC adapter plugged into a power outlet. These drives are a good choice for supplementing a desktop computer or plugging into a laptop's home base, and typically can extend your need to upgrade your hard drive or more importantly it can be used as a backup drive. As the saying goes "It's not if, but when something fails!" Please Backup...CompSource wants this to be as easy and stress-free as possible.
We're here to help you decide. Chat with us or give our professionals a quick phone call (800)-413-7361, we can assist with the best solution for your needs and budget.
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