Western Digital WD5000LPLX User Manual

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DATA SHE E T

Highlights

• Specically 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

INTERFACE

SATA 6 Gb/s

FORM FACTOR

2.5-inch

MODEL NUMBERS

WD10SPSX
WD5000LPSX
WD5000LPLX
WD3200LPLX
WD2500LPLX

2.5-INCH 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 at 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 Hard Drives combine performance 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 Hard Drives give you the power to create while on the go, so

you can ofoad, 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 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.

Industry Leading Warranty

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.

PERFORMANCE CLASS
7200 RPM-Class

CAPACITIES

250GB to 1TB

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.

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DATA SHE E T 2.5-INCH PC HARD DRIVES

Specications

1TB 500GB 500GB 320GB 250GB

Model Number²

Interface SATA 6 G b/s SATA 6 Gb /s SATA 6 G b/s SATA 6 G b/s SATA 6 Gb /s

Formatted capacity¹ 1,000,204MB 500,107M B 500,107M B 320,072MB 250,059MB

User sec tors per drive 1,953,525,168 976,773,168 976,773,168 625,142,448 488,397,168

Form factor 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch

Advanced Format (AF) Yes Yes Ye s Yes Yes

RoHS compliant³ Yes Yes Ye s Yes Yes

Performance

Data transfer rate (max)²
Interface Speed 6 G b/s 6 G b/s 6 G b/s 6 G b/s 6 G b/s

Cache (MB)¹ 64 64 32 32 32

Performance Class 7200 RPM 7200 RPM 7200 RPM 7200 RPM 7200 RPM

Average Drive Ready Time (sec) 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8

Reliability/Data Integrity

Load/unload cycles⁴ 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000

Non-recoverable read errors per
bits read

Limited warranty (years)⁵ 5 5 5 5 5

Power Management

5VDC ±10% (A, peak)

Average power requirements (W)

Read/Write
Idle
Standby and Slee p

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Environmental Specications⁷

Temperature (°C)

Operating
Non-operating

Acoustics (dBA)⁸

Idle
Seek (average)

Physical Dimensions

Height (in./mm, max) 0 . 28/ 7. 0 0. 2 8/ 7.0 0 .28 / 7.0 0. 28/ 7. 0 0. 2 8/ 7.0

Length (in./mm, max) 3.94/100. 20 3.94/10 0.2 0 3.94/ 100.20 3.94/1 00.20 3.94/100. 20

Width (in./mm, ± .01 in.) 2.7 5/69. 8 5 2. 75/69.8 5 2. 75/69.85 2 .75 /69.8 5 2.7 5/69. 85

Weight (lb/kg , ± 10%) 0.20/0.092 0.20/0.092 0.20/0.092 0.20/0.092 0.20/0.092

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Specications 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 specication published by the SATA-IO
organization as of the date of this specication sheet. Visit www.sata-io.org for details.

² 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 specic warranty details.

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⁶ Power measurements at room-ambient temperature.
⁷ No non-recoverable errors during operating tests or after non-operating tests.
⁸ Sound power level.

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