| | | | Product Guides | | | | | WD Caviar SE16 drives combine 16 MB cache with 3 Gb/s transfer rate for lightning-fast performance in demanding desktop and workstation applications. Technologically advanced acoustics minimize noise and cool drive operation and enhanced reliability features help protect the drive and the data stored on it.
Top performance for Windows Vista
The WD Caviar SE16 500 GB SATA drive received a 5.9, the highest possible score on the Windows Vista Experience Index.
16 MB Cache
Bigger cache means faster performance. A massive 16 MB cache combined with advanced acoustic and power-reducing technologies make these ultra-fast drives the perfect solution for the fully loaded PC.
IntelliSeek
Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration.
Ramp Load
Parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface resulting in improved long term reliability due to less head wear, and improved non-operational shock tolerance.
Preemptive Wear Leveling (PWL)
The drive arm frequently sweeps across the disk to reduce uneven wear on the drive surface.
| | Tech Specs |  | Performance Specifications | | Buffer To Host (Serial ATA): 3 Gb/s (Max) | | Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk): 972 Mbits/s (Max) | | Physical Specifications | | Formatted Capacity: 500,107 MB | | Capacity: 500 GB | | Interface: SATA 3 Gb/s | | User Sectors Per Drive: 976,773,168 | | Physical Dimensions | | Height: 1.028 Inches (Max) | | Length: 5.787 Inches (Max) | | Width: 4.00 Inches (+/- 0.010 inch) | | Weight: 1.39 Pounds | | Environmental Specifications | | Operating Shock (Read): 65G, 2 ms | | Non-operating Shock: 350G, 2 ms | | Idle Mode: 28 dBA (average) | | Seek Mode: 0 33 dBA (average) | | Seek Mode: 3 29 dBA (average) | | Temperature Operating: 32 F to 140 F | | Temperature Non-operating: -40 F to 149 F | | Humidity Operating: 5-95% RH non-condensing | | Humidity Non-operating: 5-95% RH non-condensing | | Altitude Operating: -1,000 feet to 10,000 feet | | Altitude Non-operating: -1,000 feet to 40,000 feet | | Vibration Operating (Linear): 20-300 Hz, 0.75 G (0 to peak) | | Vibration Operating (Random): 7-500 Hz (0.00221 g/Hz) | | Electrical Specifications | | 12 VDC (Read/Write): 460 mA | | 12 VDC (Idle): 450 mA | | 12 VDC (Standby): 6 mA | | 12 VDC (Sleep): 6 mA | | 5 VDC (Read/Write): 650 mA | | 5 VDC (Idle): 600 mA | | 5 VDC (Standby): 180 mA | | 5 VDC (Sleep): 180 mA | | Power Dissipation (Read/Write): 8.77 Watts | | Power Dissipation (Idle): 8.40 Watts | | Power Dissipation (Standby): 0.97 Watts | | Power Dissipation (Sleep): 0.97 Watts |
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Value |  4.5 | | Performance | 4.5 | | Ease of Use | 4.5 | | Overall Satisfaction | 4.5 |
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5 of 5 Simple Monday, June 16, 2008
Rob from Omaha,NE
Just plug it in and go
Very easy to install and works great. Using it as a system back drive no problems. Was this review helpful?  
5 of 5 Good performance Monday, June 09, 2008
A Customer from Bloomington, IN
I am getting reasonably good performance with this drive. Under Win XP SP3 I get 80MB/s. It's also fairly quiet. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Great Drive... Great Value... Saturday, May 24, 2008
A Customer from Freehold, NJ
This drive was the easiest I installed and had running every.... It has performed flawlessly and is as fast as they tout for a sata drive... One recommendation if you are upgrading your mail hard drive...use Acronis True Image software... it makes the transition soooo easy... Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 a good HDD Saturday, May 24, 2008
A Customer from Cincinnati, Ohio
I use this hard drive as external storage/additional drive for my laptop. I have another WD caviar in my desktop PC too. Both work fine. These drives are a good combination of affordable price, speed, and durability. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 nice and quiet and fast Saturday, May 24, 2008
newpcbuilder from East Coast, USA
I used this for my first computer build. It is fast and quiet and hasn't given me any problems. Shows up in Vista as 465GB, which is normal. The cables and screws I needed already came with my case/motherboard, so no need for the "retail" version... the OEM is fine. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Saves For All Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Aaron Online from Grand Rapids, MI
Great product for those of us who download all the time and need storage for it all. Fast, quiet, and easy to install ! Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Western Digital Caviar SE16 Hard Drive - 500GB Monday, May 12, 2008
Biged from Milwaukee, WI
The Hard Drive is quiet, and works like it should. I can't believe just 2 years ago this was 250 dollars plus ! Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Nice hard drive Sunday, May 11, 2008
A Customer from Madison, WI
Glad I purchased this relatively inexpensive hard drive. Relatively easily installed it into my desktop as a backup drive. No software program included to help with backup options, however. I'm already loading it with home videos. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Running well Friday, April 11, 2008
A Customer from Troutdale, OR
I'm using these on a linux test box running oracle databases. I'm pleased with the price, performance, and delivery. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Heaps of Storage and a Slim Price Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Happy Customer from Rockville, MD
Installed easily under Win2k SP4 - SATA, celeron 2.66ghz, asus board. Must enable LBA in BIOS (board must be LBA capable). Then add registry entry: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Services \atapi \Parameters]
EnableBigLba = 1
And it was done. 500 glorious GB storage for a paltry $98. How sweet is that? Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Great buy Wednesday, March 19, 2008
A Customer from Vestal, NY
Works like a charm, excellent response and very quiet drive. Price can not be beat. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 As Advertised Sunday, March 16, 2008
A Customer from Roanoke, TX
This drive was added to an HP Media Smart Server and is the quietest drive I own. Completely satisfied with the size and price value for this drive. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Easy to install - Quiet operation Friday, March 07, 2008
A Customer from California
My new harddrive was a snap to install, runs quickly and quietly. No complaints. Was this review helpful?
1 of 8 customers found this review helpful.
4 of 5 This is just OEM drive. The package doesn't includ Monday, February 11, 2008
Jerry from Anaheim, California
I have chosen this product to receive whole Hard Drive Package including cables and screws. I haven't seen anywhere mentioned that this is just OEM HDD without these basic accessories which are always included in every HDD package.
I haven't installed this HDD yet so I can not comment on performance and reliability which are the most important factor. Was this review helpful?
0 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Premium Hard Drive For Any PC! Monday, February 11, 2008
Caleb from Las Vegas, Nevada
I use the Western Digital 500 gig Caviar for my Dell Dimension 8400. And replaced it for my Western Digital Caviar 160 gig Hard Drive that was already in there. Although the 2 Western Digital 160 gig Caviars were in a Raid Series I had to have a technician come in and reformat my Hard Drives for Parallell. I may have had to set my computer up all over again with the software but it works wonders for me now. I have it set up on the 160 gig hard drive for OS and the 500 gig for my DAW System. I admit the technician had to clean out my first hard drive but good thing I had back up software to recover and start over again. The bottomline the Western Digital is the Top of the line when it comes to Hard Drives trust me. Oh by the way I have to start looking for a hard drive enclosure for my other spare 160 gig Hard Drive now. Buy.com I will be looking for one of those here soon. LOL.. Was this review helpful?
1 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 An easy 500 gigs. Saturday, December 15, 2007
Angel C. from Miami Shores, FL
I would've never believed prices could be so low. I now longer have to worry about getting new tech (like larger hard drives) since Buy.com entered the scene. Even when they don't have the lowest price they point me in the right direction. For me Western Digital has always been the HDD of choice. I have 10 year old models that still work reliably. WD is amazing! To get their products inexpensively is amazingly amazing!!
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5 of 5 Great value Tuesday, November 27, 2007
A Customer from Larchmont, NY
I have had no problem with the device. The manufacturer's instructions for mounting were simple and relatively painless: I had it up and working inside five minutes. The drive is quiet and has so far had no problems. A much easier and cheaper way of backup storage than tapes or DVDs. Was this review helpful?
0 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
1 of 5 Dead meat Monday, November 12, 2007
A Customer from Bellingham, WA
This drive ran for only 75 hours then died. It seems to be spinning but is unaccessible. Bother. Was this review helpful?
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