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WD Caviar SE 320GB SATA II Internal Hard Drive

Turbo-charge your data performance with the efficient Western Digital HD Caviar SE 320GB SATA hard disk drive inside your desktop PC. Hook this hard drive up to the Serial ATA connection and enjoy the advantage of the 3GBs connection, backed by the drive's 8MB cache that keeps more of your data in high-speed memory for an exceptional data transfer operation. Furthering the speed is the 7200 RPM spindle specification, ensuring this is the ideal hard drive to be deployed in high-end PC systems.
Astonishingly powerful yet amazingly quiet, the Whisperdrive technology works to cut out noise levels exponentially. SoftSeek technology streamlines read/write seeking algorithms, resulting in an extraordinarily quiet seek operation. The Western Digital Caviar SE 320GB SATA 3GBs hard drive can be used in home and office PCs, providing you with the capacity to store a huge amount of documents, video, music, photos, spreadsheets and other data files. You get a robust foundation for your data with this drive, as the cool operation protects your files, even in intensely hot environments.

This Serial ATA hard drive reaches industry-leading shock specifications and gives you peace of mind. Furthering the cause of data protection, the Data Lifeguard technology is a suite of features that give you an enivronmental protection system and real-time embedded error detection and repair. Automatically finding, isolating and repairing problems that may develop over the drive's usage is just one of the bonuses you have at your convenience with this device inside your PC.

Take advantage of Western Digital's downloadable Data LifeGuard tools for this precision made SATA hard disk drive, making drive installation, diagnostics and repair simple and worry-free.

  • 320 GB Serial ATA-300 Hard Drive
  • 7200 rpm Spin Speed 8.9 ms Ave Seek Time
  • 300 MBps Data Transfer Rate
Specifications
Product DescriptionWD Caviar SE WD3200AAJS - hard drive - 320 GB - SATA-300
Device TypeHard drive - internal
Form Factor3.5" x 1/3H
Capacity320 GB
Interface TypeSerial ATA-300
Data Transfer Rate300 MBps
Average Seek Time8.9 ms
Spindle Speed7200 rpm
Buffer Size8 MB
Dimensions (WxDxH)10.2 cm x 14.7 cm x 2.54 cm
Weight0.6 kg
Manufacturer Warranty3 years warranty

Ideal For

    High-performance family and business computing. These drives easily handle photo editing and data-intensive multimedia applications. For even higher performance, consider WD Caviar SE16 SATA hard drives.

Features

  • Fast - 8 MB cache - Keeps more of your data in high-speed memory for unsurpassed performance in its class. Fast 7200 RPM spindle speed and next-generation SATA 3 Gb/s interface. For even higher performance, consider WD Caviar SE16 SATA 3 Gb/s hard drives.
  • Cool - Cool operation results in the highest reliability, even in intensely hot environments such as digital video recorders. That's why these, the coolest on the market, are the drives of choice for the world's leading consumer electronics and PC manufacturers.
  • 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.




What It Holds
  • Up to 91,000 digital photos
  • Up to 80,000 songs (MP3)
  • Up to 8,00 songs (uncompressed CD quality)
  • Up to 24 hours of Digital Video (DV)
  • Up to 100 hours of DVD quality video
  • Up to 38 hours of HD video