Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS

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Item 2206: Western Digital WD5000AAKS
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Size500 GB
Cache (MB)16
RPM
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750641NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 750 59.99 Newegg.com 12.50  
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 640 57.96 Amazon.com 11.04
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 750 69.95 PC Connection 10.72
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 640 62.99 Amazon.com 10.16
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 500 49.95 PC Connection 10.01
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AACS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 640 64.83 PC Connection 9.87
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 640 64.99 Newegg.com 9.85
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 50.93 ZipZoomfly.com 9.82
Seagate Pipeline HD ST3500321CS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 500 51.99 eCost.com 9.62
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 500 52.95 PC Connection 9.44
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 (0A35415) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 53.99 Newegg.com 9.26  
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000CSRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 54.00 Amazon.com 9.26  
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000KSRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 54.00 Amazon.com 9.26  
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 640 69.95 PC Connection 9.15
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 (0F10381) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 54.99 Newegg.com 9.09  
Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 54.99 Newegg.com 9.09
Western Digital AV-GP WD5000AVDS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 500 54.99 Newegg.com 9.09
Western Digital AV-GP WD5000AVVS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 500 54.99 Newegg.com 9.09
Seagate Pipeline HD ST3500312CS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 500 56.99 eCost.com 8.77
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AAVS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 500 56.99 Buy.com 8.77
Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 60.99 eCost.com 8.20
Seagate SV35.5 ST3500410SV SATA 3 Gb/s 16 500 62.63 PC Connection 7.98
Seagate ST3500641AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 66.98 Amazon.com 7.46
Western Digital AV WD5000AVJS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 500 68.70 PC Connection 7.28
Western Digital RE3 WD5002ABYS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 78.99 ZipZoomfly.com 6.33
Samsung F1 RAID Class HE502IJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 79.99 Newegg.com 6.25
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD502IJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 88.99 eCost.com 5.62
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 89.99 Newegg.com 5.56
Western Digital RE3 WD5002ABYS-01B1B0 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 89.99 Newegg.com 5.56
HP PV943UT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 139.99 Newegg.com 3.57  
Lenovo ThinkServer 45J6197 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 241.99 Buy.com 2.07  
Lenovo ThinkServer 45J6202Â SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 249.99 Newegg.com 2.00  
HP Midline 458928-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 300.99 Buy.com 1.66  
HP 395473-B21 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 7200 500 304.99 Buy.com 1.64  
IBM 39M4558 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 339.99 Newegg.com 1.47  

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2010-03-21 Buy.com $61.99 +1.00
2010-03-18 Buy.com $60.99 +5.75
2010-03-16 Buy.com $55.24 +0.25
2010-03-05 Amazon.com $49.99 -6.00
2010-02-28 Amazon.com $55.99 +6.51
2010-02-24 ZipZoomfly.com $54.99 -1.00
2010-02-20 eCost.com $53.99
2010-02-16 PC Connection $49.95
2010-02-15 Amazon.com $49.48 -0.50
2010-02-05 Amazon.com $49.98 +4.98

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity500,107 MB
User Sectors Per Drive976,773,168
Capacity500 GB
Performance
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)3 Gb/s (Max)
Buffer Size16 MB
Power
Standby0.97 Watts
Read/Write8.77 Watts
Sleep0.97 Watts
Idle8.40 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 329 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 033 dBA (average)
Idle Mode28 dBA (average)

External links

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