WD puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T) prior to any product launch. This testing ensures our products consistently meet the highest quality and reliability standards of the WD brand. WD also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles as well as helpful software and utilities. Our customer support lines have longer operational hours to ensure you get the help you need when you need it. Our toll-free customer support lines are here to help or you can access our WD Support site for additional details.
It's easy to install an internal hard drive in your computer.
WD Acronis True Image, available as a free download on the WD Support site, enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive.
Recommended use:
WD Black hard drives are tested and recommended for use in PCs, high-performance workstations and notebook computers.
Desktop drives are not recommended for use in RAID environments, please consider using WD Red hard drives for home and small office 1-5 bay NAS systems and WD Enterprise hard drives for rackmount and >5 bay NAS systems.
Power of Choice
More products. More options. More solutions. More you.
Your digital life is unique and you need a family of internal hard drives that are as individual as you are. WD offers more than a one-size-fits-all hard drive. WD offers you choice. And that’s a powerful thing.
WD Blue
Solid performance and reliability for everyday computing.
WD Blue hard drives deliver solid performance and reliability for desktops PCs, external enclosures and for certain industrial applications.
WD Black
Maximum performance for power computing.
WD Black hard drives are designed for enthusiasts and creative professionals looking for leading-edge performance.
WD Green
Cool, quiet operation for efficient eco-conscious computing.
WD Green hard drives are designed for use as secondary drives in PCs, for external enclosures and other applications for which low noise and low heat are beneficial.
WD Red
The new color of NAS.
WD Red hard drives are designed and tested for compatibility in the unique 24x7 operating environment and demanding system requirements of home and small office NAS.
Specifications:
| Product Specifications |
|
 |
Interface |
SATA 6 Gb/s |
|
| Performance Specifications |
|
|
Rotational Speed |
7,200 RPM (nominal) |
|
Buffer Size |
64 MB |
|
Average Latency |
4.20 ms (nominal) |
|
Load/unload Cycles |
300,000 minimum |
|
| Transfer Rates |
|
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) |
6 Gb/s (Max) |
|
| Physical Specifications |
|
|
Formatted Capacity |
4,000,787 MB |
|
Capacity |
4 TB |
|
User Sectors Per Drive |
7,814,037,168 |
|
| Physical Dimensions |
|
| English |
|
Height |
1.028 Inches |
|
Depth |
5.787 Inches |
|
Width |
4.00 Inches |
|
Weight |
1.72 Pounds |
|
| Metric |
|
Height |
26.1 mm |
|
Depth |
147 mm |
|
Width |
101.6 mm |
|
Weight |
0.78 kg |
|
| Environmental Specifications |
|
| Shock |
|
Operating Shock (Read) |
30G, 2 ms |
|
Non-operating Shock |
300G, 2 ms |
|
| Acoustics |
|
Idle Mode |
29 dBA (average) |
|
Seek Mode 0 |
34 dBA (average) |
|
| Temperature (English) |
|
Operating |
32 F to 140 F |
|
Non-operating |
-40 F to 158 F |
|
| Temperature (Metric) |
|
Operating |
-0 C to 60 C |
|
Non-operating |
-40 C to 70 C |
|
| Electrical Specifications |
|
| Current Requirements |
|
Power Dissipation |
|
Read/Write |
10.40 Watts |
|
Idle |
8.10 Watts |
|
Standby |
1.20 Watts |
|
Sleep |
1.20 Watts |
