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.
Solid performance
With SATA and PATA interfaces, and
cache sizes up to 32 MB, this series
of drives offers a full range of
performance features.
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.
Capacity
WD Caviar Blue drives are available
in capacities from 80 GB to 1 TB
because you can never have too
much storage space.
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.
ShockGuard™
Instantaneously protects the hard
drive against damage from bumps
and vibrations while it is running.
This technology enables WD Caviar
drives to achieve industry-leading
shock specifications.

Product Features

MODEL NUMBERS
SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 3 Gb/s PATA 100 MB/s
WD10EALX WD10EALS WD2500AAKS WD5000AAKB
WD7500AALX WD6400AAKS WD2500AAJS WD3200AAJB
WD5000AAKX WD5000AAKS WD1600AAJS WD2500AAJB
WD3200AAKX WD3200AAKS WD800AAJS WD1600AAJB
WD2500AAKX WD3200AAJS 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.