WD Caviar® Blue™

Desktop Hard Drives

WD Caviar Blue hard drives are available with either SATA or

PATA interface in a variety of cache sizes with a multitude of

available features to deliver rock solid performance and

ultra-cool and quiet operation perfect for family and

business computing.

INTERFACES
SATA 6 Gb/s and 3 Gb/s
PATA 100 MB/s
WIDTH/HEIGHT
3.5-inch/1-inch
ROTATIONAL SPEED
7200 RPM
CAPACITIES
80 GB to 1 TB
Note: Not all products may be
available in all regions of the
world.
The original
These drives are built utilizing the
proven technology of the original
award-winning WD Caviar 3.5-inch
hard drives for desktop computers.
Value
Built to the highest standards of
quality and reliability, these drives
offer features and capacity at an
affordable price.
Cool operation
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.
Compatible
We perform tests on hundreds of
systems and a multitude of
platforms in our FIT Lab™ to give
our customers confidence that our
drives will work in their systems.
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.

Product Features

MODEL NUMBERS
SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 3 Gb/s PATA 100 MB/s
WD10EZEX WD5000AAKX WD5000AAKS WD3200AAJB
WD10EALX WD3200AAKX WD2500AAJB
WD7500AZEX WD2500AAKX WD1600AAJB
WD7500AALX WD800AAJB

Applications

Family and business computing.
Desktop / Consumer RAID Environments - WD Caviar Blue Hard Drives are tested and recommended for use in consumer-type RAID applications (RAID-0 /
RAID-1).
-Business Critical RAID Environments – WD Caviar Blue Hard Drives are not recommended for and are not warranted for use in RAID environments utilizing Enterprise HBAs and/or
expanders and in multi-bay chassis, as they are not designed for, nor tested in, these specific types of RAID applications. For all Business Critical RAID applications, please consider
WD’s Enterprise Hard Drives that are specifically designed with RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER), are tested extensively in 24x7 RAID applications, and include features like
enhanced RAFF technology and thermal extended burn-in testing.