Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000CSRTL

Comparable 3.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 1065: Western Digital WD5000CSRTL
Size500 GB
Cache (MB)16
RPM7200
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
$ 41.99
$ 50.97
$ 54.95 + $7.21 shipping
$ 54.99 + $7.86 shipping
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$ 58.96 Free Shipping.
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000333AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 54.99 Newegg.com 18.19
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 55.95 Amazon Marketplace 17.87
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 28.99 Newegg.com 17.25
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500620AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 29.49 Newegg.com 16.95  
Western Digital AV-GP RFHWD5000AVVS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 500 30.99 Newegg.com 16.13  
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 0A35415 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 32.49 Newegg.com 15.39  
Western Digital Caviar Green WD8000AARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 800 58.52 Amazon Marketplace 13.67
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 640 47.99 Amazon Marketplace 13.34
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 57.90 Amazon Marketplace 12.95
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 750 60.02 Amazon Marketplace 12.50
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000CSRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 41.99 Amazon Marketplace 11.91  
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 640 53.99 Amazon Marketplace 11.85
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 640 54.99 Newegg.com 11.64
Seagate ST3500641AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 43.99 Amazon Marketplace 11.37
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 500 43.99 eCost.com 11.37
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 500 44.95 PC Connection 11.12
Seagate Pipeline HD ST3500312CS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 500 45.98 PC Connection 10.87
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 640 59.99 Newegg.com 10.67
Seagate SV35.5 ST3500410SV SATA 3 Gb/s 16 500 47.90 Amazon Marketplace 10.44
Western Digital RE3 WD5002ABYS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 48.99 Amazon Marketplace 10.21
Seagate Constellation ES ST3500514NS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 500 49.95 Amazon Marketplace 10.01
Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 49.99 Amazon Marketplace 10.00
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000KSRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 50.00 Amazon Marketplace 10.00  
Western Digital AV-GP WD5000AVDS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 500 50.34 Amazon Marketplace 9.93
Western Digital RE3 WD5002ABYS-01B1B0 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 51.99 Newegg.com 9.62
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 (0F10381) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 53.99 Newegg.com 9.26  
Western Digital AV-GP WD5000AVVS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 500 54.40 PC Connection 9.19
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AAVS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 500 56.24 Buy.com 8.89
Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 57.01 Amazon Marketplace 8.77
Western Digital RE4 WD5003ABYX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 500 79.99 Newegg.com 6.25
Lenovo 43R1990 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 500 81.52 Amazon Marketplace 6.13  
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 124.49 Amazon Marketplace 4.02
HP PV943UT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 139.99 Newegg.com 3.57  
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 149.95 Amazon Marketplace 3.33
HP 395473-B21 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 7200 500 159.50 Amazon Marketplace 3.13  
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 159.95 Amazon Marketplace 3.13
Lenovo ThinkServer 45J6197 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 219.99 Buy.com 2.27  
HP Midline 458941-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 220.00 Amazon Marketplace 2.27  
Lenovo ThinkServer 45J6202Â SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 229.99 Newegg.com 2.17  
HP Midline 458928-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 243.99 Buy.com 2.05  
Seagate SV35.3 ST3500320SV SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 249.95 Amazon Marketplace 2.00
Cisco R200-D500GCSATA= SATA 7200 500 271.99 Amazon Marketplace 1.84  
HP StorageWorks MSA2 AJ738A SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 291.99 Amazon Marketplace 1.71  
IBM 39M4558 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 333.99 Buy.com 1.50  

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2010-09-03 Buy.com $58.96 +5.72
2010-09-03 Amazon Marketplace $41.99 -0.99
2010-09-01 Amazon Marketplace $42.98 +0.99
2010-08-31 Amazon Marketplace $41.99 -0.99
2010-08-31 Amazon Marketplace $42.98 -0.01
2010-08-26 Amazon Marketplace $42.99 -0.99
2010-08-26 Amazon Marketplace $43.98 -0.01
2010-08-22 eCost.com $54.99 -1.00
2010-08-21 Amazon Marketplace $43.99 -0.96
2010-08-20 Newegg.com $54.99 -10.00

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