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MK8046GSX 

2.5-inch SATA Hard Disk Drive 

 
Toshiba's range of 80GB, 120GB, 160GB, and 250GB is the perfect hard disk 
drive solution for many of today’s electronic devices needing high capacity with 
low power consumption in a 2.5-inch form factor. The MK8046GSX also offers 
the industries highest areal density per platter and has a motor speed of 5400 
RPM which is an improved performance of more than 12% compared to the 
standard 4200 RPM models.  
 
Applications such as GPS navigation systems, set-top boxes and the more 
traditional consumer electronic gadgets using hard disk drives will appreciate 

Data Storage Capacity: 

 

Per drive, Formatted 

80 GB 

Number of Platters 

Number of Heads 

Bytes/ Sector 

512 

Rotational Speed (rpm) 

5,400 

 

 

Average Seek Time:

 

msec 

Track-to-Track

 

Average 

12 

Maximum 

22 

 

 

 

 

Interface: 

 

Type 

SATA 2.6/ ATA 8 

Buffer (MB) 

Data Transfer Rate: 

Max. 300MB/sec 

 

 

Nominal Power 
Requirements: 

 

Voltage (V); Supply 

+5V (5%) 

Sleep (Watts) 

0.13 

Standby (Watts) 

0.16 

Read (Watts) 

1.9 

Write (Watts) 

1.9 

Start-up (Watts) 

4.7 

 

Physical & Environmental Specifications Dimensions 
–mm: 

 

 

Height 

9.5 

Width 

69,85 

Depth 

100 

Weight 

97 g 

 

 

Ambient Temperature °C : 

 

 

 

Operating 

5

°

~55

° 

 

Non-Operating 

-40

°

~60

° 

 

 

 

Vibration and Shock: 

 

 

 

Operating Vibration 

1.0 G with 5-500Hz 

Operation Shock 

350 G 2 msec  

Non-Operating Shock 

900 G 1 msec  

 

 

Acoustic Noise ( Random seek) 

25 dBA (idle)  

 

 

Reliability Characteristics: 

 

 

 

MTTF 

600,000 hours 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Features MK8046GSX 

Applications: 

 

Notebook systems 

 

External storage 

 

Small Form Factor PCs 

 

Personal Video Recorder 

 

IPTV set-top boxes 

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