Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS

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Item 1455: Western Digital WD6401AALS
Amazon.com
$ 64.99
PC Connection
$ 69.95 + $ 11.61 shipping
eCost.com
$ 69.99 + $ 11.91 shipping
ZipZoomfly.com
$ 72.99 Free Ground Shipping
Buy.com
$ 73.24 Free Shipping.
Newegg.com
$ 74.99
Size640 GB
Cache (MB)32
RPM7200
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  
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 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 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 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 $73.24 -1.74
2010-03-16 ZipZoomfly.com $72.99 -2.00
2010-03-16 eCost.com $69.99 -4.00
2010-03-15 ZipZoomfly.com $74.99 -3.00
2010-03-13 Amazon.com $64.99 -13.88
2010-03-13 eCost.com $73.99 -34.00
2010-03-10 Amazon.com $78.87 -1.33
2010-03-09 Amazon.com $80.20 +10.21
2010-03-07 PC Connection $69.95 -5.00
2010-02-22 Amazon.com $69.99 +9.99

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 Size32 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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