Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AAVS

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Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AAVS (500.00 gb)

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Size	500.00GB
Cache (MB)	8
RPM	5400 to 7200
Form Factor	3.5"
Interface	SATA/300

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

Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AACS	7200	16	640.00	74.99	8.53
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS	7200	16	640.00	79.99	8.00
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AACS	5400 to 7200	16	750.00	94.99	7.90
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3640323AS	7200	32	640.00	84.99	7.53
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD642JJ	7200	16	640.00	84.99	7.53
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750640AS	7200	16	750.00	99.99	7.50
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS	7200	16	500.00	69.99	7.14
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 (0A35415)	7200	16	500.00	69.99	7.14
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD502IJ	7200	16	500.00	69.99	7.14
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AACS	5400 to 7200	16	500.00	69.99	7.14
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS	7200	16	500.00	69.99	7.14
Western Digital Caviar SE WD5000AAJS	7200	8	500.00	74.99	6.67
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS	7200	32	500.00	74.99	6.67
Seagate SV35.3 ST3500320SV	7200	32	500.00	89.99	5.56
Western Digital RE2 WD5000ABYS	7200	16	500.00	99.99	5.00
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000KSRTL	7200	16	500.00	99.99	5.00
Western Digital RE2 WD5001ABYS	7200	16	500.00	99.99	5.00
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS	7200	32	500.00	99.99	5.00
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AAVS	5400 to 7200	8	500.00	79.99	6.25

Newegg Price History

Chart showing price history

2008-08-07	$79.99	+10.00
2008-07-07	$69.99	-10.00
2008-07-02	$79.99	+10.00
2008-06-30	$69.99	-10.00
2008-06-26	$79.99

Manufacturer's Specs

General
Physical Capacity	500,107 MB
Physical Platters	2
Performance
Drive Ready Time	13 sec
Data Transfer Rate (Buffer to Host)	3.0 Gb/s
Average Latency (nominal)	5.60 ms
Average Read Seek	8.9 ms
Data Transfer Rate (Buffer to Disk)	1156 Mb/s
Power
Standby	0.97 W
Read/Write	7.4 W
Sleep	0.97 W
Idle	4 W
Acoustics
Seek Mode 0	29 dBA
Idle Mode	24 dBA
Seek Mode 3	25 dBA

External links

Western Digital	http://www.wdc.com
WD5000AAVS	http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi...
	Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AAVS (500.00 gb)

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