Western Digital Caviar® WD1600JB Special Edition 160 GB ATA-100 Hard Drive (Retail Version)

Western Digital's Special Edition hard drives are designed to maximize desktop computer performance for activities requiring high-performance storage such as computer gaming, digital video editing, and file server applications. Offering the largest capacities, the Western Digital's Special Edition family is equipped with an 8 MB buffer - the largest buffer available today in a desktop EIDE hard drive, delivering data to users faster than any hard drive in its class.??The Special Edition hard drive provides a higher percentage of cache hits and significantly faster time to data than industry-standard 2 MB versions. Within the complex operations of hard drives, the buffer is used to hold the results of recent reads from the disk, and also to "pre-fetch" information that is likely to be requested in the near future. The use of an increased buffer improves the performance by reducing the number of physical accesses to the disk and allowing data to stream from the disk uninterrupted by ...

Product MPN
MPN		WD1600JBRTL
Key Features
HDD Form Factor		3.5' x 1/3H (Low Profile)
Capacity		160 GB
Designation		Desktop Computer
Interface		IDE/EIDE
Enclosure		Internal
Spindle Speed		7200 RPM
Technical Features
External Data Transfer Rate		100 MBps
Average Latency		4.17 ms
Interface (Detailed)		DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra)
Buffer Size		8 MB
Other Features
Platform		PC, Mac
Brand		Western Digital
Package Qty.		1
Dimensions
Height		1.02 in.
Depth		5.79 in.
Width		4.02 in.
Weight		1.32 lb.
Warranty
Warranty		3 Years
Miscellaneous
Product ID		21035729
UPC		718037104508