Highlights
- Enterprise-class design
- Perfect for PC enthusiast systems
- 10,000 RPM
- SATA 3 Gb/s
- 2.5-inch drive in 3.5-inch IcePack mounting frame
- Up to 300 GB
WD Raptor has evolved! PC enthusiasts' favorite 10,000 RPM SATA drive is now faster than ever and available in a 300 GB capacity. Engineered for maximum speed, WD VelociRaptor combines a SATA
3 Gb/s interface and 16 MB cache, to deliver performance that?s up to 35 percent faster than its speedy older brother. With 1.4 million hours MTBF, these drives have the highest available reliability rating on a high-capacity SATA drive and are designed and manufactured to enterprise-class standards to provide enterprise reliability in high duty cycle environments.
Ideal for
- Performance enthusiast systems, workstations, and low-end servers
Compatibility
- Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- SATA interface connector on motherboard or SATA host controller
- Available 3.5-inch internal drive bay
Drive Specifications
- Formatted capacity:300,069 MB
- User sectors per drive:586,072,368
- Interface:SATA 3 Gb/s
- Form factor:2.5-inch
- Bytes per sector (STD):512
- Dedicated landing zone:Yes
- Actuator latch/auto park:es
- SATA latching connector:Yes
- RoHS compliant:Yes
- Limited warranty: 5 years
Performance Specifications
- Data transfer rate: Buffer to host5 3 Gb/s
- Host to/from drive: 120 Mbytes/s sustained
- Average seek: 4.2 ms (read), 4.7 ms (write)
- Track-to-track seek: 0.7 ms (average)
- Rotational speed: 10,000 RPM
- Latency: 5.5 ms average
- Read cache: Adaptive
- Write cache: Yes
- Buffer: 16 MB
- Drive ready time: 7 sec. Average
- Load/unload cycles: 50,000 minimum
- LBA support: Yes
- Error rate: (non-recoverable) <1 in 1015 bits read
Product Dimensions
- Height 1.028 in (26.1 mm) max.
- Length 5.787 in (147 mm) max.
- Width 4.0 in (101.6 mm) max.
- Weight 1.08 lb (489 gm)
Power Specifications
- AC input voltage: 12V (?10%) 5V (?5 percent)
- AC input frequency: 60 Hz
Environmental Specifications
- Operating temperature: 5 degrees C to 60 degrees C
- Non-op. temperature: -40 degrees C to 70 degrees C
