Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500AAKS

Comparable Disks

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500AAKS (250.00 gb)

Size	250.00GB
Cache (MB)	16
RPM	7200
Form Factor	3.5"
Interface	SATA/300

Disk	Interface	RPM	Cache (MB)	Size (GB)	Newegg Price	Value (GB/$)

Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD502IJ	SATA/300	7200	16	500.00	69.99	7.14
Western Digital Caviar GP WD5000AAVS	SATA/300	5400 to 7200	8	500.00	69.99	7.14
Western Digital Caviar GP WD5000AACS	SATA/300	5400 to 7200	16	500.00	74.99	6.67
Western Digital Caviar SE WD5000AAJS	SATA/300	7200	8	500.00	74.99	6.67
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS	SATA/300	7200	16	500.00	74.99	6.67
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS	SATA/300	7200	16	500.00	79.99	6.25
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 (0A35415)	SATA/300	7200	16	500.00	79.99	6.25
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 HDT725050VLA360 (0A33437)	SATA/300	7200	16	500.00	79.99	6.25
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD4000AAKS	SATA/300	7200	16	400.00	69.99	5.72
ExcelStor Jupiter Series ESJ9250S	SATA/300	7200	8	250.00	48.99	5.10
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 HDP725032GLA360 (0A35411)	SATA/300	7200	16	320.00	64.99	4.92
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS	SATA/300	7200	16	320.00	64.99	4.92
Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS	SATA/300	7200	8	320.00	64.99	4.92
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3320613AS	SATA/300	7200	16	320.00	69.99	4.57
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 HDT725032VLA360 (0A33435)	SATA/300	7200	16	320.00	69.99	4.57
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500AAJS	SATA/300	7200	8	250.00	54.99	4.55
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250310AS	SATA/300	7200	8	250.00	54.99	4.55
Seagate ST303204N1A1AS-RK	SATA/300	7200	16	320.00	74.99	4.27
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS	SATA/300	7200	16	250.00	59.99	4.17
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500AAKS	SATA/300	7200	16	250.00	59.99	4.17
Samsung HD250HJ	SATA/300	5400	8	250.00	59.99	4.17
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS	SATA/300	7200	16	250.00	59.99	4.17
Maxtor DiamondMax 21 STM3250310AS	SATA/300	7200	8	250.00	59.99	4.17
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 HDP725025GLA380 (0A35399)	SATA/300	7200	8	250.00	61.99	4.03
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS	SATA/300	7200	16	320.00	79.99	4.00
Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YS	SATA/300	7200	16	250.00	69.99	3.57
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3250620NS	SATA/300	7200	16	250.00	79.99	3.13
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3250310NS	SATA/300	7200	32	250.00	79.99	3.13
HP 349239-B21	SATA/150	7200	None	250.00	191.99	1.30
ioSafe 3.5 Pilot P0250GB54SATA	SATA/300	5400	8	250.00	399.99	0.63

Newegg Price History

Chart showing price history

2008-07-15	$59.99	-5.00
2008-07-10	$64.99	+10.00
2008-07-09	$54.99	-10.00
2008-07-08	$64.99	+5.00
2008-06-04	$59.99	-5.00
2008-06-04	$64.99	+5.00
2008-06-02	$59.99	-5.00
2008-05-31	$64.99	+2.00
2008-05-15	$62.99	-2.00
2008-05-12	$64.99	+5.00
2008-05-08	$59.99	-5.00
2008-05-07	$64.99	-5.00
2008-05-06	$69.99	+5.00
2008-03-19	$64.99	-5.00
2008-01-21	$69.99

Manufacturer's Specs

General
Interface	SATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity	250,059 MB
User Sectors Per Drive	488,397,168
Capacity	250 GB
Performance
Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk)	972 Mbits/s (Max)
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)	3 Gb/s (Max)
Power
Standby	0.97 Watts
Read/Write	7.80 Watts
Sleep	0.97 Watts
Idle	7.20 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 0	29 dBA (average)
Idle Mode	25 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 3	26 dBA (average)

External links

Western Digital	http://www.wdc.com
WD2500AAKS	http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...
Newegg	Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500AAKS (250.00 gb)

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