5,400 RPM
1.8-Inch Hard Disk Drives
Industry-leading capacity and
performance coupled with
the benets of low power
consumption and ruggedness
e Toshiba MKxx33GSG Series of 1.8-inch hard disk
drives (HDDs) feature industry-leading capacity and
performance coupled with the benets of low power
consumption and ruggedness in a compact storage solution.
Equipped with a high-performance 5,400 RPM rotational
speed and 16MB buer, the Serial ATA, MKxx33GSG
family oers up to 320GB1 of storage capacity and utilizes
close to 25% less power than comparable 2.5-inch hard disk
drives during seek operations.
Weighing only 62 grams and designed to withstand up
to 1,500Gs of non-operating shock, these light weight
and durable drives provide an ideal solution for today’s
demanding mobile applications. e small footprint and
large storage capacity of the MKxx33GSG Series are well-
suited for a variety of on-the-go computing needs, including
laptop PCs, mini-notebooks, printers, and external add-on
storage applications.
MK1633GSG
MK2533GSG
MK3233GSG
1.8-inch Footprint
5,400 RPM Spindle Speed
Up to 320GB1 of Capacity
Disk Transfer Rates up to 830 Mb/sec
3 Gb/sec SATA
16MB Cache Buffer
5,400 RPM
1.8-Inch Hard Disk Drives
MK1633GSG MK2533GSG MK3233GSG
Series Overview
Drive Capacity 160GB1 250GB1 320GB
Drive Interface Serial ATA Revision 3.0
Number of Platters (disks) 1 2 2
Number of Data Heads 2 4 4
RoHS Compliant Yes
Transfer Rate to Host 3 Gb/sec
Performance
Track-to-track Seek 3ms
Average Seek Time 15ms
Rotational Speed 5,400 RPM
Average Latency 5.6ms
Buffer Size 16MB
Power Requirements
Voltage 3.3V (+/- 5%)
Spin up (start) Power 2.5 watts
Seek Power 1.3 watts
Read/Write Power 1.3 watts
Low Power Idle 0.40 watts
Standby Power 0.18 watts
Sleep Power 0.13 watts
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Physical Size
Dimensions (W) x (D) x (H) 54.0 mm (2.13”) x 78.5 mm (3.0”) x 8.0 mm (0.31”)
Weight 60 g (2.12 oz) 62 g (2.19 oz) 62 g (2.19 oz)
Environmental
Temp - Operating 5° to 65°C (41° to 149°F)
Temp - Non-Operating -40° to 65° C (-40° to 149°F)
Vibration - Operating 9.6 m/s² (2.0G) 15 to 500 Hz
Vibration - Non-Operating 49 m/s² (5.0G) 15 to 500 Hz
Shock - Operating 4,900 m/s² (500G) 2ms
Shock - Non-Operating 14,700 m/s² (1,500G) 1ms
Acoustics
Acoustics (idle) 16 dBA 18 dBA 18 dBA
Acoustics (seek) 17 dBA 19 dBA 19 dBA
Limited Warranty
Limited Warranty 1 year (from date of purchase)
1
One Gigabyte (1 GB) means 109 = 1,000,000,000 bytes using powers of 10. A computer
operating system, however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of
1 GB = 230 = 1,073,741,824 bytes, and therefore shows less storage capacity. Available storage
capacity will also be less if the computer includes one or more pre-installed operating systems,
pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.
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