Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YS

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Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YS (250.00 gb)
$69.99
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Size250.00GB
Cache (MB)16
RPM7200
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA/300
Disk RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Newegg Price Value (GB/$)
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD642JJ 7200 16 640.00 79.99 8.00
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 (0A35415) 7200 16 500.00 64.99 7.69  
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3640323AS 7200 32 640.00 84.99 7.53
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 7200 16 640.00 84.99 7.53
Western Digital Caviar SE WD5000AAJS 7200 8 500.00 69.99 7.14
Western Digital Caviar GP WD5000AACS 5400 to 7200 16 500.00 69.99 7.14
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD502IJ 7200 16 500.00 69.99 7.14
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 7200 32 500.00 74.99 6.67
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 7200 16 500.00 74.99 6.67
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3400620AS 7200 16 400.00 64.99 6.15
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD4000AAKS 7200 16 400.00 64.99 6.15
Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS 7200 8 320.00 59.99 5.33
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 HDT725032VLA360 (0A33435) 7200 16 320.00 64.99 4.92  
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 7200 16 320.00 64.99 4.92
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 HDP725025GLA380 (0A35399) 7200 8 250.00 54.99 4.55  
Samsung HD250HJ 5400 8 250.00 54.99 4.55
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250310AS 7200 8 250.00 54.99 4.55
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500AAJS 7200 8 250.00 54.99 4.55
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500AAKS 7200 16 250.00 59.99 4.17
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 7200 16 250.00 59.99 4.17  
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 7200 16 250.00 59.99 4.17
Seagate ST303204N1A1AS-RK 7200 16 320.00 79.99 4.00
Seagate SV35.3 ST3250310SV 7200 8 250.00 64.99 3.85
Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD3201ABYS 7200 16 320.00 84.99 3.77
Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YS 7200 16 250.00 69.99 3.57
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3250310NS 7200 32 250.00 79.99 3.13
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3250620NS 7200 16 250.00 79.99 3.13
ioSafe 3.5 Pilot P0250GB54SATA 5400 8 250.00 359.99 0.69  

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2008-01-21 $74.99

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity250,059 MB
User Sectors Per Drive490,234,752
Capacity250 GB
Performance
Read Seek Time8.7 ms
Full Stroke Seek21.0 ms (average)
Rotational Speed7,200 RPM (nominal)
Average Latency4.20 ms (nominal)
Start/Stop Cycles50,000 minimum
Track-To-Track Seek Time0.6 ms (average)
Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk)70 MB/s (Sustained)
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)3 Gb/s (Max)
Buffer Size16 MB
Power
Standby2.00 Watts
Read/Write10.75 Watts
Sleep2.00 Watts
Idle8.90 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 033 dBA (average)
Idle Mode28 dBA (average)

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