Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB WD5001AALS-20PK Fascicule

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WD Caviar Black drives combine a high performance electronics 
architecture with a rock solid mechanical architecture to deliver the 
perfect storage solution for your fully-loaded PC or maxed out gaming 
machine. Cool drive operation, no-touch head technology, leading-edge 
vibration protection ensure enhanced reliability. And we back it all up with 
a 5-year warranty.

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Dual processor — Twice the processing power to maximize performance. 

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32 MB cache — Bigger, faster cache means faster performance. 

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 — The motor shaft is secured at both ends to reduce system-

induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking, during read and 
write operations (750 GB and 1 TB models only).

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 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.

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Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) — WD Caviar Black drives 

employ PMR technology to achieve even greater areal density.

Compatible — We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of 
platforms in our FIT Lab

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 and Mobile Compatibility Lab to give our customers 

confidence that our drives will work in their systems.

WD Caviar Black is part of WD’s complete lineup of desktop hard drives.

SATA 3 Gb/s

 7200 RPM

WD1001FALS

WD7501AALS
WD6401AALS
WD5001AALS

Note: Not all products

may be available in all

regions of the world.

 500 GB to 1 TB

3.5-inch/1-inch

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Desktop Hard Drives

Maximum performance

for power computing