WD Black
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DATA SHEET
Highlights
• Specifically designed for small form factor PC’s,
laptops, and Mac computers
• Performance 2.5-inch hard drives available up to
1TB capacities
• Designed for creative professionals, gamers, and
system builders
• An industry-leading 5-year limited warranty
• Enhanced-availability (EA) models for applications
needing around-the-clock access to lowertransaction environments
2.5INCH PC HARD DRIVES
WD Black 2.5-inch PC Hard Drives are designed for enthusiasts and creative
professionals looking for leading-edge performance. These 2.5-inch PC Hard
Drives are perfect for high-performance applications like photo and video
editing, gaming, and power PCs.
Great Things Come in Small Packages
WD Black 2.5-inch PC Hard Drives are designed to enhance your PC experience, whether
at home in your new all-in-one desktop, or on-the-go in your trusty notebook. With
up to 1TB of storage running up to 7200 RPM, you get an extremely fast high-capacity
mobile hard drive, offering the perfect storage solution for a digital artist, video editor,
photographer, or gamer. Backed by an industry leading 5-year limited warranty, WD
Black 2.5-inch PC Hard Drives combine per formance and capacity with the reliability of a
brand you can trust.
For Creative Professionals
Give yourself the room to bring your enormous digital portfolio wherever you’re at with
WD Black 2.5-inch PC Hard Drives. With up to 1TB of 7200 RPM-Class high-performance
storage, WD Black 2.5-inch PC Hard Drives give you the power to create while on the go,
so you can offload, edit, and shoot without fear of running out of space anytime soon.
For Gamers
WD Black 2.5-inch PC Hard Drives offer the perfect storage solution for your gaming
rig. WD Black 2.5-inch PC Hard Drives are purpose-built and tested to ensure they can
handle the high-performance tasks you need. With up to 1TB of capacity, you get the
space you need for your game’s downloadable content, large cache sizes for fast load
times, and 7200 RPM-Class drive for desktop-level performance.
An Industry Leading Warranty
INTERFACE
SATA 6 Gb/s
FORM FACTOR
2.5-inch
PERFORMANCE CLASS
7200 RPM-Class
CAPACITIES
250GB to 1TB
MODEL NUMBERS
WD10JPL X
WD10JQLX (EA)
WD5000LPLX
WD3200LPLX
WD2500LPLX
THE WESTERN DIGITAL ADVANTAGE
Western Digital puts our products through extensive
Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any
product launch. This testing ensures our products
consistently meet the quality and reliability standards
of the Western Digital brand. WD also has a detailed
Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles
as well as helpful software and utilities. Our toll-free
customer support lines are here to help or you can
access our WD Support site for additional details.
WD Black 2.5-inch PC Hard Drives are tested under more strenuous conditions over a
longer period when compared to our standard hard drives. This comprehensive testing
ensures an overall quality benchmark for a stable, high performance storage solution
backed by an industry leading 5-year limited warranty.
Enhanced Availability (EA)-- for 24×7 Access to Data
Western Digital provides an enhanced availability version of the WD Black 2.5-inch
PC Hard Drives (WD10JQLX) that allows 24×7 access to data to support applications
requiring round-the-clock operation. The WD Black 2.5-inch PC Hard Drives provide
high capacity, durability, and low power utilization on a proven platform for quality and
reliability. EA models support the stringent demands of “always-on” application in lowertransaction environments.
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WD Black
DATA SHEET 2.5INCH PC HARD DRIVES
Specifications
1TB 500GB 320GB 250GB
Model Number
Interface SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s
Formatted capacity 1,000,204MB 500,107MB 320,072MB 250,059MB
User sec tors per drive 1,95 3, 525 ,16 8 976,773,168 6 25,1 42, 448 488,397,168
Form factor 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch
Advanced Format (AF) Yes Yes Yes Yes
RoHS compliant Yes Yes Yes Yes
Performance
Data transfer rate (max)
Interface Speed 6 G b/s 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s 6 G b/s
Cach e (MB) 32 32 32 32
Performance Class 7200 RPM 7200 RPM 7200 RPM 7200 RPM
Average Drive Ready Time (sec) 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.8
Reliability/Data Integrity
Load/unload cycles 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000
Non-recoverable read errors per
bits rea d
Limited warranty (years) 5 5 5 5
Power Management
5VDC ±10% (A, peak)
Average power requirements (W)
Read/Write
Idle
Standby and Sleep
6
Environmental Specifications
Temperature (°C)
Operating
Non-operating
Acoustics (dBA)
Idle
Seek (average)
Physical Dimensions
Height (in./mm, max) 0 . 374/9.5 0 0. 28/ 7.0 0 . 28/ 7.0 0 . 2 8/7.0
Length (in./mm, max) 3.94/100.20 3.94/100.20 3.94/100.20 3.94/100.20
Width (in./mm, ± .01 in.) 2.75/69.85 2.75/69.85 2.75/69.85 2.75/69.85
Weight (lb/kg , ± 10%) 0.25/0.115 0.20/0.92 0.20/0.92 0.20/0.92
WD10JPL X
WD10JQLX (EA)
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1.8
0.8
0.2
0 to 65
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25
27
WD5000LPLX WD3200LPLX WD2500LPLX
<1 in 10
1.07
2.0
0.85
0.25
0 to 60
-40 to 65
23
35
14
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1.07
2.0
.85
.25
0 to 60
-40 to 65
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14
1.07
2.0
0.85
0.25
0 to 60
-40 to 65
23
25
Specifications subject to change without notice.
1
As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and
one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used
for buffer or cache, one megabyte (MB) = 1,048,576 bytes. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second. Effective
maximum SATA 3 Gb/s transfer rate calculated according to the Serial ATA specification published by the SATA-IO
organization as of the date of this specification sheet. Visit www.sata-io.org for details.
Not all products may be available in all regions of the world.
3
WD hard drive products manufactured and sold worldwide after June 8, 2011, meet or exceed Restriction of Hazard-
ous Substances (RoHS) compliance requirements as mandated by the RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU.
4
Controlled unload at ambient condition.
5
See http://support.wdc.com/warranty for regional specific warranty details.
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Power measurements at room-ambient temperature.
No non-recoverable errors during operating tests or after non-operating tests.
Sound power level.
Designed for low duty cycle, non mission-critical applications in PC, nearline and consumer electronics environ-
ments, which vary application to application.
CAN ICES-3 (B) / NMB-3 (B)
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