Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB 7200rpm EIDE 100MB/s 8MB Hard Drive
Cool, quiet operation, superior performance and industry-leading reliability make these EIDE drives ideal for desktop, business, and consumer electronics storage.
160GB Hard Disk Drive
8 MB cache: Keeps more of your data in high-speed memory for unsurpassed performance in its class
Fast 7200 RPM spindle speed
EIDE (Ultra ATA/100) for burst transfer rates up to 100 MB/s
Quiet - The technology that Tom's Hardware Guide called very fast and nearly silent is used throughout this family of drives. Our WhisperDrive technology minimizes noise to levels near the threshold of human hearing. To cut seek noise, SoftSeek technology streamlines read/write seeking algorithms, resulting in more efficient operation
| Hard Disk |
| Disk Capacity |
160 GB |
| Disk Speed |
7200 RPM |
| Data Buffer |
2048 KB |
| Performance |
| Average Seek Time |
Read: 8.9ms • Write: 10.9 ms |
| Seek Time (full track) |
21 ms |
| Seek Time (Track to Track) |
2.0 ms |
| Average Latency |
4.20 ms |
| Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) |
50,000 Hours |
| Interfaces/Ports |
| Interface |
Interface Type(s) EIDE |
| CPU |
| Processor |
( ) (L1 Cache) (L2 Cache) |
| Environmental |
| Acoustics (Seek Mode) |
27 dB |
| Acoustics (Idle Mode) |
24 dB |
| Operating Temperature |
0 to 60 °C |
| Non Operating Temperature |
-40 to 65 °C |
| Relative Humidity |
5 to 95 % |
| Shock (Operating) |
65G for 2ms |
| Shock (Non Operating) |
350Gs for 2ms |
| Altitude (Operating) |
-305 to 3,050 m |
| Altitude (Non-Operating) |
-305 to 12,200 m |
| Physical |
| Form Factor |
Hard Disk Drive |
| Dimensions |
10.1 cm (W) x 14.7 cm (D) x 2.5 cm (H) - Weight 0.4 kg |
