Newegg Price History

2008-12-19	$69.99	-5.00
2008-12-15	$74.99	+5.00
2008-12-13	$69.99	-5.00
2008-12-08	$74.99	+5.00
2008-12-06	$69.99	-5.00
2008-12-03	$74.99	-5.00
2008-12-03	$79.99	+5.00
2008-12-02	$74.99	+5.00
2008-11-26	$69.99	-5.00
2008-10-27	$74.99	-5.00
2008-10-27	$79.99	+10.00
2008-10-24	$69.99	-10.00
2008-10-22	$79.99

Manufacturer's Specs

General
Interface	SATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity	500,107 MB
User Sectors Per Drive	976,773,168
Capacity	500 GB
Performance
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)	3 Gb/s (Max)
Power
Standby	1.00 Watts
Read/Write	8.3 Watts
Sleep	1.00 Watts
Idle	7.7 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 0	29 dBA (average)
Idle Mode	25 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 3	26 dBA (average)

External links

Western Digital	http://www.wdc.com
WD5001AALS	http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...
	Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS (500.00 gb)

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