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WD Caviar® Blue

Desktop Hard Drives

With SATA and PATA interfaces, and cache sizes ranging

from 8 MB to 32 MB, WD Caviar Blue drives offer a full

range of performance features. Pick the drive that suits

your needs with the confidence in knowing that all

WD Caviar Blue drives are built to the highest standards

of quality and reliability.

INTERFACES

SATA 3 Gb/s and PATA

MODEL NUMBERS

WD10EALS WD3200AAJS WD1600AAJS
WD6400AAKS WD3200AAJB WD1600AAJB
WD5000AAKS WD2500AAKS WD800AAJS
WD5000AAKB WD2500AAJS WD800AAJB
WD3200AAKS WD2500AAJB

WIDTH/HEIGHT

3.5-inch/1-inch

Product Features

Cache

WD Caviar Blue is available in 8, 16,
and 32 MB cache sizes. Bigger
cache memory yields faster
performance.

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.

Capacity

We offer drives ranging from 80 GB
to 1 TB. Pick the biggest capacity
your budget will allow. You can
never have too much storage
space.

Compatible

We perform tests on hundreds of
systems and a multitude of
platforms in our FIT Lab™ and
Mobile Compatibility Lab to give our
customers confidence that our
drives will work in their systems.

ROTATIONAL SPEED

7200 RPM

Reliability

We understand the importance of
your data, and we are committed to
protecting that data with
exceptionally reliable products,
advanced data protection
technology and superior customer
support.

CAPACITIES

80 GB to 1TB

Note: Not all products may be
available in all regions of the
world.

Cool

Keeping the drive cool enhances
reliability. WD continues to develop
new and innovative ways to keep
drives cool while they are operating.

WD Caviar Blue

Specifications

1

Model number WD10EALS WD6400AAKS WD5000AAKS WD5000AAKB WD3200AAKS

1 TB 640 GB 500 GB 500 GB 320 GB 320 GB

WD3200AAJS

WD3200AAJB

Interface SATA 3 Gb/s SATA 3 Gb/s SATA 3 Gb/s PATA 100 MB/s SATA 3 Gb/s PATA 100 MB/s
Formatted capacity 1,000,204 MB 640,135 MB 500,107 MB 500,107 MB 320,072 MB 320,072 MB
User sectors per drive 1,953,525,169 1,250,263,728 976,773,168 976,773,168 625,142,448 625,142,448
LB A s u ppor t Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SATA latching connector Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Actuator latch/auto park Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Form factor 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch
RoHS compliant

2

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Performance

Data transfer rate (max)

Buffer to host
Host to/from drive (sustained)

3 Gb/s
126 MB/s

3 Gb/s
126 MB/s

3 Gb/s
126 MB/s

Cache (MB) 32 16 16 16 16 (WD3200AAKS)

100 MB/s
126 MB/s

3

3 Gb/s
126 MB/s

8 (WD3200AAJS)

100 MB/s
126 MB/s

8

3

Rotational speed (RPM) 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200

Reliability/Data Integrity

Load/unload cycles
Non-recoverable read errors

per bits read
Limited warranty (years)

4

5

300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000
<1 in 10

14

<1 in 10

14

<1 in 10

15

<1 in 10

14

<1 in 10

15

<1 in 10

15

3333 3 3

Power Management

12VDC (A, peak) 1.95 1.375 1.77 1.375 1.77 1.77
Average power requirements (W)

Read/Write
Idle
Standby
Sleep

Environmental Specifications

Temperature (°C)

Operating
Non-operating

Shock (Gs)

Operating (2 ms, read)
Operating (2 ms, read/write)
Non-operating (1 ms)

Average acoustics (dBA)

Idle mode
Performance seek mode

7

6

6.8

6.1

0.7

0.7

0 to 60

-40 to 70

30
65
300

28
33

8.3

7.7

1.0

1.0

0 to 60

-40 to 70

30
65
300

25
29

6.0

5.6

0.9

0.9

0 to 60

-40 to 70

30
65
350

29
30

8.3

7.7

1.0

1.0

0 to 60

-40 to 70

30
65
300

25
29

5.36

4.92

0.73

0.73

0 to 60

-40 to 65

30
65
350

29
30

5.36

4.92

0.73

0.73

0 to 60

-40 to 65

30
65
350

29
30

Physical Dimensions

Height (in./mm, max) 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4
Length (in./mm, max) 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147
Width (in./mm, ± .01 in.) 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6
Weight (lb./kg, ± 10%) 1.52/0.69 1.32/0.60 0.99/0.45 1.32/0.60 0.95/0.43 0.95/0.43

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. To tal 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. Effectiv e 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.

2

WD hard drive products manufactured and sold worldwide after June 1, 2006, meet or exceed Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance requirements as mandated by the European Union for electrical and electronic products. The RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC of the
European Parliament, which is effective in the EU beginning July 1, 2006, aims to protect human health and the environment by restricting the use of certain hazardous substances in new equipment, and consists of restrictions on lead, mercury, cadmium, and other substances.

3

Maximum burst rate running the Mode 5 Ultra ATA transfer mode.

4

Controlled unload at ambient condition.

5

The term of the limited warranty may vary by region. Visit support.wdc.com/warranty for details.

6

No non-recoverable errors during operating tests or after non-operating tests.

7

Sound power level.

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