WD5001AALS WESTERN DIGITAL CAVIAR 500GB 7200RPM 3.5Inch SATA 32MB HARD DRIVE (BLACK) P/N: WD5001AALS

 Brand new hard drive, never been used. The Western Digital Black Caviar drives are well known for their performance and durabilty.

• NOTOUCH RAMP LOAD TECHNOLOGYThe 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.
• HIGH PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS ARCHITECTUREThe electronics architecture of WD Caviar Black 500GB SATA 3Gb/s drive employs dual processor - twice the processing power, and 32 MB colossal cache to maximize performance.
• INTELLISEEK TECHNOLOGYWD’s IntelliSeek technology proactively calculates an optimum seek speed to eliminate hasty movement of the actuator, resulting in lower power consumption, noise and vibration.
• SATA 6 GB/S INTERFACESATA 6Gb/s (SATA Revision 3.0) provides twice the bus bandwidth of SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) along with enhancements including a new Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and improved power management capabilities. SATA 6 Gb/s uses the same connector as SATA 3 Gb/s and is compatible with Microsoft Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000 and Mac OS X.

• High performance electronics architecture features dual processors and bigger, faster caches for maximum read and write speeds.
• StableTrac - The motor shaft is secured at both ends to reduce system-induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking, during read and write operations.
• 500 GB capacity holds up to 100,000 digital photos, 125,000 MP3 files, and 60 hours of HD video.