Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD5001ABYS

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Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD5001ABYS (500.00 gb)
Size500.00GB
Cache (MB)16
RPM7200
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA/300
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Newegg Price Value (GB/$)
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD502IJ SATA/300 7200 16 500.00 69.99 7.14
Western Digital Caviar GP WD5000AAVS SATA/300 5400 to 7200 8 500.00 69.99 7.14
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS SATA/300 7200 16 640.00 89.99 7.11
Western Digital Caviar GP WD7500AACS SATA/300 5400 to 7200 16 750.00 109.99 6.82
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS SATA/300 7200 16 500.00 74.99 6.67
Western Digital Caviar GP WD5000AACS SATA/300 5400 to 7200 16 500.00 74.99 6.67
Western Digital Caviar SE WD5000AAJS SATA/300 7200 8 500.00 74.99 6.67
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 HDT725050VLA360 (0A33437) SATA/300 7200 16 500.00 79.99 6.25  
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 (0A35415) SATA/300 7200 16 500.00 79.99 6.25  
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS SATA/300 7200 16 500.00 79.99 6.25
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750640AS SATA/300 7200 16 750.00 119.99 6.25
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ SATA/300 7200 32 750.00 119.99 6.25
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS SATA/300 7200 32 500.00 84.99 5.88
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS SATA/300 7200 32 500.00 99.99 5.00
Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD5001ABYS SATA/300 7200 16 500.00 99.99 5.00
HP 395473-B21 SATA/150 7200 None 500.00 399.99 1.25  

Newegg Price History

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2008-06-26 $99.99 -10.00
2008-05-09 $109.99 -10.00
2008-02-11 $119.99 -10.00
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)

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