The Western Digital Caviar Blue hard drive is a leader in the race for the peak of desktop drives. Combining industry leading SATA 6Gb/s interface, high speed cache and large capacity, these drives deliver superb performance required by data-intensive and high-end multimedia applications, perfect for high-performance home and business computing.

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.

• HIGH PERFORMANCECombining high speed cache and large capacity, the WD Caviar Blue internal hard drives provides solid performance to meet the most demanding environments and applications.
• ADVANCED FORMAT TECHNOLOGY (AFT)Adopted by WD and other drive manufacturers as one of multiple ways to continue growing hard drive capacities, the Advanced Format Technology (AFT) is a more efficient media format that enables increased areal densities.
• SATA 6GB/S INTERFACEThe industry leading SATA Revision 3.0 compliant SATA ports provides up to 6Gb/s data transfer rates for optimal performance and efficiency.
  
  Model

  Brand

  Western Digital

  Series

  Caviar Blue

  Model

  WD5000AAKX

  Packaging

  Bare Drive

  Performance

  Interface

  SATA 6.0Gb/s

  Capacity

  500GB

  RPM

  7200 RPM

  Cache

  16MB

  Physical Spec

  Form Factor

  3.5"

  Features

  Features

  Solid performance - WD Caviar Blue drives are built to deliver rock-solid performance ideal for family and business computing. 
  
  Ultra cool and quiet - Keeping the drive cool enhances reliability. WD continues to develop new and innovative ways to keep drives cool while they are operating which helps protect the drive and the data stored on it. 
  
  NoTouch ramp load technology - The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit. 
  
  IntelliSeek - Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration. 
  
  Advanced Format Technology (AF) - Technology being adopted by WD and other drive manufacturers as one of multiple ways to continue growing hard drive capacities. AF is a more efficient media format that enables increased areal densities. 
  
  ShockGuard - Instantaneously protects the hard drive against damage from bumps and vibrations while it is running. This technology enables WD Caviar Blue drives to achieve industry-leading shock specifications. 
  
  Compatible - WD 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.