Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS

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Item 1105: Western Digital WD10EADS
Newegg.com
$ 84.99 + $ 7.28 shipping
PC Connection
$ 89.95 + $ 11.58 shipping
Amazon.com
$ 99.99
Size1000 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 LP ST31500541AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 1500 99.99 Newegg.com 15.00
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1500 103.49 ZipZoomfly.com 14.49
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 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 Black WD1001FALS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 98.99 eCost.com 10.10
Seagate Pipeline HD ST31000322CS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 1000 99.99 Newegg.com 10.00
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 99.99 Newegg.com 10.00
Seagate SV35.5 ST31000525SV SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 105.86 PC Connection 9.45
Seagate ST310005N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 109.95 PC Connection 9.10
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1000 113.99 eCost.com 8.77
Samsung F1 RAID Class HE103UJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 123.99 Amazon.com 8.07
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 129.99 Amazon.com 7.69
Western Digital RE3 WD1002FBYS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 143.99 ZipZoomfly.com 6.94
Hitachi Deskstar E7K1000 HDE721010SLA330 (0A38028) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 149.99 Newegg.com 6.67  
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST31000340NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 159.95 PC Connection 6.25
HP GE262UT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 335.36 Amazon.com 2.98  
Lenovo ThinkServer 45J6204Â SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 509.99 Newegg.com 1.96  
HP Midline 454146-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 584.61 Amazon.com 1.71  
HP StorageWorks MSA2 AJ740A SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 599.99 Newegg.com 1.67  

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2010-03-03 Amazon.com $99.99 +2.82
2010-03-02 Amazon.com $97.17 +7.22
2010-02-27 Amazon.com $89.95 +1.96
2010-02-26 Amazon.com $87.99 -1.96
2010-02-24 Amazon.com $89.95 +2.96
2010-02-23 Amazon.com $86.99 -2.96
2010-02-23 Amazon.com $89.95 +0.13
2010-02-23 Amazon.com $89.82 +2.83
2010-02-23 Amazon.com $86.99 -2.83
2010-02-22 Amazon.com $89.82 +2.83

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity1,000,204 MB
User Sectors Per Drive1,953,525,168
Capacity1 TB
Performance
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)3 Gb/s (Max)
Buffer Size32 MB
Power
Standby0.40 Watts
Read/Write5.40 Watts
Sleep0.40 Watts
Idle2.80 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 325 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 027 dBA (average)
Idle Mode25 dBA (average)

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External links

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Reviews & Benchmarks

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