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 Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Samsung EcoGreen F2 Series HD154UI SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1500 94.99 Amazon.com 15.79
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1500 98.99 ZipZoomfly.com 15.15
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750641NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 750 59.99 Newegg.com 12.50  
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C HDS721010CLA332 (0F10383) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 79.99 Newegg.com 12.50  
Samsung EcoGreen F2 Series HD103SI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 32 1000 79.99 Newegg.com 12.50
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1000 79.99 Amazon.com 12.50
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 0A38016 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 1000 84.99 Amazon.com 11.77  
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B HD31000 IDK/7K (0A38016) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 1000 84.99 Newegg.com 11.77  
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 84.99 Newegg.com 11.77
Seagate Barracuda LP ST31000520AS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 84.99 Newegg.com 11.77
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 84.99 Newegg.com 11.77
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10000LSRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 89.00 Amazon.com 11.24  
Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 89.99 Newegg.com 11.11  
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 89.99 Amazon.com 11.11
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EVDS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 89.99 Amazon.com 11.11
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000333AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 92.58 Amazon.com 10.80
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 AV-GP WD10EVVS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 1000 94.08 Amazon.com 10.63
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10000CSRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 1000 94.99 Newegg.com 10.53
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EACS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 1000 94.99 Amazon.com 10.53
Western Digital Caviar Green WD8000AARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 800 76.26 Amazon.com 10.49
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 98.99 eCost.com 10.10
Samsung HD754JJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 74.99 Newegg.com 10.00  
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 32 750 79.95 PC Connection 9.38
Western Digital RE2-GP WD7500AYPS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 750 99.99 Newegg.com 7.50
Seagate DB35 7200.3 ST3750840SCE SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 750 107.99 Amazon.com 6.95
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3750330AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 109.99 Amazon.com 6.82
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3750330NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 129.99 Newegg.com 5.77
Western Digital RE3 WD7502ABYS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 129.99 Newegg.com 5.77
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750640AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 750 222.22 Amazon.com 3.38
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 750 229.95 Amazon.com 3.26
Hitachi Ultrastar A7K1000 0A35771 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 270.00 Amazon.com 2.78  
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750640NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 750 298.95 Amazon.com 2.51
Western Digital RE2 WD7500AYYS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 750 298.95 Amazon.com 2.51
Lenovo ThinkServer 45J6198Â SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 750 324.99 Newegg.com 2.31  
Lenovo ThinkServer 45J6203 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 750 339.99 Newegg.com 2.21  
HP Midline 458930-B21 SATA 7200 750 419.99 Newegg.com 1.79  

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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