Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS

Comparable 3.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 1471: Western Digital WD6400AAKS
Size640 GB
Cache (MB)16
RPM
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
$ 47.99
$ 52.99 + $12.47 shipping
$ 56.95
$ 64.99 Free Shipping.
$ 69.99
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000333AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 54.99 Newegg.com 18.19
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 55.95 Amazon Marketplace 17.87
Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 62.00 Amazon Marketplace 16.13
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1000 63.99 eCost.com 15.63
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10000CSRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 1000 64.50 Amazon Marketplace 15.50
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 65.68 Amazon Marketplace 15.23
Hitachi Deskstar H3IK10003272SP SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 67.76 Amazon Marketplace 14.76  
Samsung EcoGreen F2 Series HD103SI SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 67.89 Amazon Marketplace 14.73
Western Digital Caviar Green WD8000AARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 800 58.52 Amazon Marketplace 13.67
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 640 47.99 Amazon Marketplace 13.34
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 57.90 Amazon Marketplace 12.95
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 750 60.02 Amazon Marketplace 12.50
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 640 53.99 Amazon Marketplace 11.85
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 640 54.99 Newegg.com 11.64
Western Digital AV-GP WD7500AVDS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 750 67.99 eCost.com 11.03
Western Digital AV-GP WD7500AVVS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 750 67.99 eCost.com 11.03
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 640 59.99 Newegg.com 10.67
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6402AAEX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 640 72.22 Amazon.com 8.86

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2010-09-02 eCost.com $52.99 +1.00
2010-09-02 Amazon.com $56.95 -1.00
2010-09-01 Amazon.com $57.95 -1.04
2010-09-01 Amazon.com $58.99 +1.04
2010-08-31 Buy.com $64.99 +5.00
2010-08-30 Buy.com $59.99 +1.00
2010-08-29 Amazon.com $57.95 +1.00
2010-08-28 Amazon.com $56.95 -0.04
2010-08-26 Amazon Marketplace $47.99 -2.28
2010-08-26 Amazon Marketplace $50.27 +2.28

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity640,135 MB
User Sectors Per Drive1,250,263,728
Capacity640 GB
Performance
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)3 Gb/s (Max)
Buffer Size16 MB
Power
Standby1.00 Watts
Read/Write8.30 Watts
Sleep1.00 Watts
Idle7.70 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 326 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 029 dBA (average)
Idle Mode25 dBA (average)

External links

Western Digital
http://www.wdc.com/
WD6400AAKS
http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...

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Reviews & Benchmarks

Silent PC Review - Recommended Hard Drives - 2010-04-28
Silent PC Review - WD SE16 Caviar 640GB is now Blue - 2008-06-18
The Tech Report - Western Digital's Caviar SE16 640GB hard drive - New platters for the sweet spot - 2008-03-25
AnandTech - Western Digital 640GB - Twice the Platters, Twice the Fun - 2008-03-21

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