Western Digital Scorpio 1385975000 (500 GB)

The 500GB WD Scorpio Blue SATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive with Advanced Format Technology delivers superior performance with lower power requirements than other, slower, notebook drives. This lower power consumption yields increased reliability. Advanced Format Technology increases media format efficiencies, thus enabling larger drive capacities. This technology changes the hard drive's sector size allowing the ECC data to be stored more efficiently. The Scorpio Blue is advanced in other areas as well.WD's exclusive WhisperDrive technology make the Scorpio quiet, despite its high spin speed. This drive also features ShockGuard technology, protecting the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks, and DuraStep Ramp, which locks the heads in a secure position away from the disk to provide another layer of protection when the drive is not in use. Minimize