Western Digital RE2 WD5000ABYS

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Western Digital RE2 WD5000ABYS (500.00 gb)
$99.99
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Size500.00GB
Cache (MB)16
RPM7200
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA/300
Disk RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Newegg Price Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EACS 5400 to 7200 16 1000.00 99.99 10.00
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 7200 16 640.00 69.99 9.14
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 (0A35415) 7200 16 500.00 54.99 9.09  
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 7200 32 1000.00 109.99 9.09
Samsung EcoGreen F1 Series HD103UI 5400 32 1000.00 109.99 9.09
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 7200 32 1000.00 109.99 9.09
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EACS 5400 to 7200 16 1000.00 109.99 9.09
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 7200 32 1000.00 109.99 9.09
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD642JJ 7200 16 640.00 74.99 8.53
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AACS 7200 16 640.00 74.99 8.53
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AACS 5400 to 7200 16 500.00 59.99 8.33
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 7200 16 500.00 59.99 8.33
Western Digital Caviar SE WD5000AAJS 7200 8 500.00 59.99 8.33
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750640AS 7200 16 750.00 89.99 8.33
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 HDS721010KLA330 (0A35155) 7200 32 1000.00 119.99 8.33
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3640323AS 7200 32 640.00 79.99 8.00
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD502IJ 7200 16 500.00 64.99 7.69
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 7200 32 640.00 84.99 7.53
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 7200 32 750.00 99.99 7.50
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 HDS721075KLA330 (0A35154) 7200 32 750.00 99.99 7.50
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3750330AS 7200 32 750.00 99.99 7.50
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AACS 5400 to 7200 16 750.00 99.99 7.50
Seagate DB35 Series 7200.3 ST3750840SCE 7200 8 750.00 99.99 7.50
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS 7200 16 500.00 69.99 7.14
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 7200 32 500.00 69.99 7.14
Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 7200 32 500.00 74.99 6.67
Seagate SV35.3 ST3500320SV 7200 32 500.00 79.99 6.25
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD7500AAKS 7200 16 750.00 119.99 6.25
Western Digital RE3 WD5002ABYS 7200 16 500.00 89.99 5.56
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS 7200 32 500.00 97.99 5.10
Western Digital RE2 WD5000ABYS 7200 16 500.00 99.99 5.00
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000KSRTL 7200 16 500.00 99.99 5.00  

Newegg Price History

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2008-11-05 $99.99 +15.00
2008-10-29 $84.99 -5.00
2008-10-20 $89.99 -10.00
2008-09-18 $99.99 -30.00
2008-01-21 $129.99

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity500,107 MB
User Sectors Per Drive976,773,168
Capacity500 GB
Performance
Read Seek Time8.9 ms
Full Stroke Seek21.0 ms (average)
Rotational Speed7,200 RPM (nominal)
Average Latency4.20 ms (nominal)
Start/Stop Cycles50,000 minimum
Track-To-Track Seek Time2.0 ms (average)
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)3 Gb/s (Max)
Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk)85 MB/s (Sustained)
Write Seek Time8.9 ms (average)
Buffer Size16 MB
Power
Standby1.60 Watts
Read/Write9.50 Watts
Sleep1.50 Watts
Idle8.75 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 033 dBA (average)
Idle Mode28 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 329 dBA (average)

External links

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Newegg Western Digital RE2 WD5000ABYS (500.00 gb)

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