Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS

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Item 1471: Western Digital WD6400AAKS
PC Connection
$ 62.95 + $ 11.59 shipping
Newegg.com
$ 69.99
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$ 69.99 Free Ground Shipping
Amazon.com
$ 71.95
eCost.com
$ 106.38 + $ 11.47 shipping
Size640 GB
Cache (MB)16
RPM
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Disk RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750641NS 7200 16 750 59.99 Newegg.com 12.50  
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B HD31000 IDK/7K (0A38016) 7200 16 1000 79.99 Newegg.com 12.50  
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C HDS721010CLA332 (0F10383) 7200 32 1000 79.99 Newegg.com 12.50  
Samsung EcoGreen F2 Series HD103SI 5400 32 1000 79.99 Newegg.com 12.50
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS 64 1000 79.99 Amazon.com 12.50
Western Digital Caviar Green WD8000AARS 64 800 64.99 Newegg.com 12.31
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AADS 32 750 69.95 PC Connection 10.72
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 7200 32 750 69.99 Newegg.com 10.72
Western Digital AV-GP WD7500AVVS 8 750 69.99 eCost.com 10.72
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 16 640 62.95 PC Connection 10.17
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AARS 64 640 62.99 Amazon.com 10.16
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AADS 32 640 63.99 Amazon.com 10.00
Samsung HD754JJ 7200 32 750 74.99 Newegg.com 10.00  
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AACS 16 640 64.83 PC Connection 9.87
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS 7200 32 750 75.99 eCost.com 9.87
Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 32 750 79.95 PC Connection 9.38
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 32 640 69.95 PC Connection 9.15
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD642JJ 7200 16 640 80.99 eCost.com 7.90

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2010-03-11 Amazon.com $71.95 +1.90
2010-03-09 Amazon.com $70.05 +0.06
2010-03-09 Amazon.com $69.99 +9.99
2010-03-08 Amazon.com $60.00 +0.61
2010-03-07 PC Connection $62.95 -2.00
2010-03-07 Amazon.com $59.39 +0.60
2010-03-04 Amazon.com $58.79 -13.16
2010-03-04 Amazon.com $71.95 +1.96
2010-02-28 Amazon.com $69.99 +11.00
2010-02-27 Amazon.com $58.99 +1.00

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)

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External links

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Reviews & Benchmarks

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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