WD VelociRaptor

Enterprise Hard Drives

450 GB, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32 MB Cache, 10,000 RPM

Bigger. Faster. Hungrier.

Fastest SATA hard drive on the planet.
10,000 RPM, 32 MB cache and a SATA 6 Gb/s interface gives gamers the speed advantage they crave.

Monstrous capacity.
Twice the capacity of previous generations makes this the largest capacity 10,000 RPM SATA drive ever.

Rock-solid reliability.
Best-in-class 1.4 million hour MTBF and 5-year limited warranty, makes these the most reliable SATA hard drives around.

• Rotational Speed 10,000 RPM (nominal)

• Buffer Size 32 MB

• Average Latency 3.00 ms (nominal)

• Load/unload Cycles 600,000 minimum

• Read Seek Time 3.6 ms (average)

• Write Seek Time 4.2 ms (average)

• Track-To-Track Seek Time 0.4 ms (average)

• Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) 6 Gb/s (Max)

• Formatted Capacity 300,069 MB

• Capacity 300 GB

• Interface SATA 6 Gb/s

• User Sectors Per Drive 586,072,368

• Height 26.1 mm

• Depth 147 mm

• Width 101.6 mm

• Weight 489 g

• Operating Shock (Read) 65G, 2 ms

• Non-operating Shock 300G, 2 ms

• Idle Mode 30 dBA (average)

• Seek Mode 0 37 dBA (average)

• Operating 5° C to 55° C

• Non-operating -40° C to 70° C

• Operating 5-95% RH non-condensing

• Non-operating 5-95% RH non-condensing

• Operating -305M to 3,050M

• Non-operating -305M to 12,200M