Newegg Price History

2008-07-18	$74.99	-5.00
2008-07-03	$79.99	-20.00
2008-07-03	$99.99	+20.00
2008-06-25	$79.99	-10.00
2008-04-14	$89.99	-5.00
2008-04-04	$94.99	-5.00
2008-04-03	$99.99	-5.00
2008-04-03	$104.99	+10.00
2008-03-26	$94.99	-5.00
2008-03-10	$99.99	-5.00
2008-01-21	$104.99

Manufacturer's Specs

General
Interface	SATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity	500,107 MB
User Sectors Per Drive	976,773,168
Capacity	500 GB
Performance
Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk)	1,160 Mb/s
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)	3 Gb/s (Max)
Power
Standby	0.97 Watts
Read/Write	6.00 Watts
Sleep	0.97 Watts
Idle	3.3 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 0	29 dBA (average)
Idle Mode	24 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 3	25 dBA (average)

External links

Western Digital	http://www.wdc.com
WD5000AACS	http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...
Newegg	Western Digital Caviar GP WD5000AACS (500.00 gb)

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