WD Caviar SE16 SATA II hard drives combine 300 MB/s transfer rate and 16 MB cache for industry leading performance. Yes, these reliable drives are lightning fast, but they still deliver technologically advanced acoustics and cool operation. The one-two performance punch of 300 MB/s transfer rate, state-of-the-art performance for SATA drives, and 16 MB cache make the WD Caviar SE16 family the fastest desktop-class hard drives available. Cool operation means the highest reliability even in high-heat environments such as personal video recorders. That s why these drives, the coolest on the market, are the drive of choice for the world s leading consumer electronics manufacturers as well as the world s leading PC makers. The technology that Tom s Hardware called very fast and nearly silent is repeated in this family of drives. We have minimized noise to levels virtually below the threshold of human hearing with our WhisperDrive" technology. And to cut seek noise, our SoftSeek" technology streamlines read/write seeking algorithms, resulting in the drive operating more efficiently when accessing and writing data.
Features:
16 MB cache
- Bigger cache means faster performance. A massive 16 MB cache combined with up to 300 MB/s transfer rate make these ultra-fast drives the perfect solution for the fully loaded PC with a fast processor.
Cool operating temperature
- WD hard drives are designed to have the lowest power consumption of any high-capacity, desktop-class hard drive which lowers the operating temperature for enhanced drive reliability.
Whisper quiet
- These highly reliable drives deliver technologically advanced acoustics. With its WhisperDrive and SoftSeek technologies, WD has minimized noise to levels virtually imperceptible to the human ear in home and business environments.
Ideal For
• Designed for use in the fastest PCs on the market, including high-performance business computers, multimedia and gaming systems.
Technical Information:
Capacity: 500 Gb Edition: Caviar SE16 Physical Size: 3.5" Rotation Speed: 7200 rpm Cache: 16MB Access Time: 8.9 ms Interface: SATA300 
