Hard Drive (HDD) WD_BLACK 3.5-Inch Gaming Hard Drive 500GB
- Capacity: 500GB
- Form Factor: 3.5-Inch
- Connector: SATA
- Interface: SATA
- Transfer Rate: Up to 150MB/s
- Disk Speed (RPM): 7200 RPM
- Designed for gamers, system builders, and professionals
- 2X DRAM cache up to 256MiB for faster read speeds on higher capacity models
- StableTrac™ and Dynamic Cache Technology (2TB and up)
- Compatibility: PC, Mac (requires reformatting)
Overview
Where HDD Performance and Capacity Meet Gaming
Elevate your gaming experience with WD_BLACK Gaming Hard Drives boasting capacities of up to 10TB1. Say goodbye to storage constraints and hello to seamless gaming sessions. With WD_BLACK, you can effortlessly download the latest AAA titles and maintain your extensive library of classics and favorites without compromise. Expand your gaming horizons, store more, and immerse yourself in endless adventures with WD_BLACK Gaming Hard Drives.
Gaming Performance and Capacity
WD_BLACK is purpose-built to enhance your PC gaming experience. Available with an impressive 256 MB of DRAM cache on higher capacity models, the WD_BLACK HDD is performance-optimized so you can spend more time gaming and less time loading. Combine a WD_BLACK HDD with a WD_BLACK SSD for a dual-drive configuration that maximizes your gaming experience while letting you keep more of your favorite games. The WD_BLACK HDD gives you fast hard drive speeds, high capacity, and an industry-leading 5-year2 limited warranty for an inspiring game storage solution.
Drive Your Game
The WD_BLACK HDD is the perfect storage solution for your gaming rig, offering large cache sizes plus large capacities to store your favorite titles and their downloadable content (DLC). Paired with an SSD, the powerful drive delivers exceptional system performance and capacity.
Store More, Play More
With capacities up to 10TB, WD_BLACK Gaming Hard Drives let you download the latest AAA titles while also keeping your ever-growing catalog of classics and favorites ready to play. Don't compromise on your game collection. Store more and game more with WD_BLACK.
Increased Reliability
The WD_BLACK Gaming Hard Drive is equipped with StableTrac™ Technology (2TB and larger models). This secures the motor shaft inside of the hard drive to increase reliability and help reduce impact due to system-induced vibrations from other components such as additional gaming hardware. Stabilizing the platters inside the WD_BLACK drive results in more accurate tracking in a particular sector during read and write operations, optimizing performance and reliability.
Commanding Performance
The WD_BLACK drive delivers high-speed read rates and transfers of your games with impressive cache sizes of up to 256 MB of DRAM on our high-capacity models. Western Digital’s Dynamic Cache Technology improves caching algorithms in real time to allocate and optimize cache between reads and writes. Spend less time loading and more time winning.
Battle-Tested Dual Processor
When it comes to processing power, more is better for loading today's larger games. The WD_BLACK Gaming Hard Drive features a dual-core processor that offers twice the processing capability as a single-core processor to maximize drive performance for geting into the game faster.
Specifications
Capacity
500GB
Capacity
500GB
Form Factor
3.5-Inch
Connector
SATA
Interface
SATA
Transfer Rate
Up to 150MB/s
Disk Speed (RPM)
7200 RPM
Recording Technology
CMR
Cache Size
64MB
Dimensions (L x W x H)
5.79" x 4" x 1.03"
Weight
0.95lbs
Operating Temperature
5°C to 55°C
Non-Operating Temperature
-40°C to 70°C
Drive
3.5"
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