Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS

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Item 1471: Western Digital WD6400AAKS
Amazon.com
$ 57.96
PC Connection
$ 62.95 + $ 11.59 shipping
Buy.com
$ 67.24 Free Shipping.
Newegg.com
$ 69.99
Buy.com
$ 69.99 + $ 8.47 shipping
ZipZoomfly.com
$ 69.99 Free Ground Shipping
eCost.com
$ 106.38 + $ 11.47 shipping
Size640 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 WD8000AARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 800 74.22 Amazon.com 10.78
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 750 69.95 PC Connection 10.72
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 69.99 Newegg.com 10.72
Western Digital AV-GP WD7500AVVS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 750 69.99 eCost.com 10.72
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 640 62.99 Amazon.com 10.16
Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD754JJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 74.99 Newegg.com 10.00
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AACS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 640 64.83 PC Connection 9.87
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 75.99 eCost.com 9.87
Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 75.99 eCost.com 9.87
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 640 64.99 Newegg.com 9.85
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 640 64.99 Amazon.com 9.85
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6402AAEX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 640 72.99 Buy.com 8.77
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD642JJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 640 80.99 eCost.com 7.90

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2010-03-16 Buy.com $67.24 -0.75
2010-03-16 Amazon.com $57.96 -1.50
2010-03-12 Amazon.com $59.46 -9.10
2010-03-12 Amazon.com $68.56 -3.39
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

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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