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| Western Digital My Passport Essential 500 GB External USB 3.0 Hard Disk Drive |
Today, we are going to take a look at one of their latest portable drives for the PC market - the 500 GB Western Digital My Passport Essential (USB 3.0). It boasts the following features :
Now, let's find out how this portable hard disk drive fares against its competitors! For more details, read our Comprehensive Review! To discuss about this review, head over to the forum thread! |
Western Digital has a wide variety of external storage products for both the PC and Mac markets. The external drives are available in both large desktop and smaller portable formats. Under the portable segment alone, Western Digital offers five drive families for the PC, and three drive families for the Mac.| Lowest PriceGrabber Price |
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| Review |
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| Model |
• WDBACY5000ABK |
| Formatted Capacity |
• 500,000 MB |
| Guaranteed Sectors |
• NA |
Bytes Per Sector |
• 512 bytes |
| Spindle Speed |
• 5,400 RPM |
| Cache Buffer |
• 8 MB |
Internal Data Transfer Rate |
• NA |
Interface |
• USB 3.0 / USB 2.0 (standard) |
Supported USB Transfer Modes |
• 5.0 Gbits/s (USB 3.0) |
Maximum Height |
• 15 mm (0.60 inches) |
Maximum Width |
• 83 mm (3.2 inches) |
Maximum Length |
• 110 mm (4.3 inches) |
Maximum Weight |
• 140 g (0.31 lbs) |
Power Consumption |
• NA |
Operating Temperature |
• 5 °C to 40 °C |
Non-Operating Temperature |
• -20 °C to 65 °C |
Maximum Shock |
• NA |
Drive Acoustics |
• NA |
Non-Recoverable Read Errors |
• NA |
Compatibility |
• NTFS Formatted |
Warranty |
• 2 Years Limited Warranty (Americas, EMEA) |
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