Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS

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Item 1472: Western Digital WD7501AALS
PC Connection
$ 79.95 + $ 11.61 shipping
Amazon.com
$ 79.99
Newegg.com
$ 79.99
ZipZoomfly.com
$ 79.99 Free Ground Shipping
eCost.com
$ 81.99 + $ 11.91 shipping
Size750 GB
Cache (MB)32
RPM
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Disk RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 7200 32 1500 98.99 ZipZoomfly.com 15.15
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750641NS 7200 16 750 59.99 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
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 0A38016 7200 16 1000 84.99 Amazon.com 11.77  
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B HD31000 IDK/7K (0A38016) 7200 16 1000 84.99 Newegg.com 11.77  
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 7200 32 1000 84.99 Newegg.com 11.77
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000333AS 7200 32 1000 84.99 Amazon.com 11.77
Seagate Barracuda LP ST31000520AS 32 1000 84.99 Newegg.com 11.77
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 32 1000 84.99 Newegg.com 11.77
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10000LSRTL 7200 1000 89.00 Amazon.com 11.24  
Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 7200 32 1000 89.99 Newegg.com 11.11  
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 7200 32 1000 89.99 Amazon.com 11.11
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EVDS 32 1000 89.99 Amazon.com 11.11
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 Green WD10000CSRTL 7200 16 1000 94.99 Newegg.com 10.53
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EACS 16 1000 94.99 Amazon.com 10.53
Western Digital Caviar Green WD8000AARS 64 800 76.26 Amazon.com 10.49
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EVVS 8 1000 96.49 Amazon.com 10.36
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 32 1000 98.99 eCost.com 10.10
Samsung HD754JJ 7200 32 750 74.99 Newegg.com 10.00  
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 RE2-GP WD7500AYPS 16 750 99.99 Newegg.com 7.50
Seagate DB35 7200.3 ST3750840SCE 7200 8 750 107.99 Amazon.com 6.95
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3750330AS 7200 32 750 109.99 Amazon.com 6.82
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3750330NS 7200 32 750 129.99 Newegg.com 5.77
Western Digital RE3 WD7502ABYS 7200 32 750 129.99 Newegg.com 5.77
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750640AS 7200 16 750 222.22 Amazon.com 3.38
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS 7200 16 750 229.95 Amazon.com 3.26
Hitachi Ultrastar A7K1000 0A35771 7200 32 750 270.00 Amazon.com 2.78  
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750640NS 7200 16 750 298.95 Amazon.com 2.51
Western Digital RE2 WD7500AYYS 7200 16 750 298.95 Amazon.com 2.51
Lenovo ThinkServer 45J6203 7200 750 323.99 Amazon.com 2.31  
Lenovo ThinkServer 45J6198Â 7200 750 324.99 Newegg.com 2.31  

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2010-03-09 eCost.com $81.99 -9.00
2010-03-08 eCost.com $90.99 +8.00
2010-03-07 PC Connection $79.95 -12.64
2010-03-07 eCost.com $82.99 -8.00
2010-03-04 eCost.com $90.99 +15.00
2010-02-28 Amazon.com $79.99 +16.66
2010-02-27 eCost.com $75.99 -10.00
2010-02-25 Amazon.com $63.33 -2.65
2010-02-24 eCost.com $85.99 +10.00
2010-02-23 ZipZoomfly.com $79.99 -5.00

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity750,156 MB
User Sectors Per Drive1,465,149,168
Capacity750 GB
Performance
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)3 Gb/s (Max)
Buffer Size32 MB
Power
Standby1.00 Watts
Read/Write8.40 Watts
Sleep1.00 Watts
Idle7.80 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 329 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 033 dBA (average)
Idle Mode24 dBA (average)

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External links

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