Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AADS

Comparable 3.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 2278: Western Digital WD7500AADS
Size750 GB
Cache (MB)32
RPM
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
$ 60.02
$ 60.99 + $60.06 shipping
$ 64.95 + $7.21 shipping
$ 64.96 + $8.47 shipping
$ 66.99
$ 69.99
$ 1209.99 + $49.26 shipping
$ 1249.99 + $16.14 shipping
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Seagate Barracuda ST315005N4A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 1500 69.99 Amazon.com 21.43
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1500 75.00 Amazon Marketplace 20.00
Samsung EcoGreen F2 Series HD154UI SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1500 78.98 Amazon Marketplace 18.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1500 79.99 Amazon.com 18.75
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
Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 62.00 Amazon Marketplace 16.13
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1000 63.99 eCost.com 15.63
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10000CSRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 1000 64.50 Amazon Marketplace 15.50
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 65.68 Amazon Marketplace 15.23
Hitachi Deskstar H3IK10003272SP SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 67.76 Amazon Marketplace 14.76  
Samsung EcoGreen F2 Series HD103SI SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 67.89 Amazon Marketplace 14.73
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 0A38016 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 1000 68.90 Amazon Marketplace 14.51  
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B HD31000 IDK/7K (0A38016) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 1000 69.99 Newegg.com 14.29  
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C HDS721010CLA332 (0F10383) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 69.99 Newegg.com 14.29  
Seagate Barracuda LP ST31000520AS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 69.99 Newegg.com 14.29
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 70.97 Amazon Marketplace 14.09
Seagate ST310005N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 71.99 Amazon Marketplace 13.89
Western Digital Caviar Green WD8000AARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 800 58.52 Amazon Marketplace 13.67
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 57.90 Amazon Marketplace 12.95
Seagate Pipeline HD ST31000322CS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 1000 77.99 eCost.com 12.82
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EVDS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 77.99 Amazon.com 12.82
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 78.00 Amazon Marketplace 12.82
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 78.99 Amazon Marketplace 12.66
Seagate SV35.5 ST31000525SV SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 79.85 Amazon Marketplace 12.52
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 750 60.02 Amazon Marketplace 12.50
Western Digital AV-GP WD7500AVDS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 750 67.99 eCost.com 11.03
Western Digital AV-GP WD7500AVVS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 750 67.99 eCost.com 11.03
Western Digital RE2-GP WD7500AYPS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 750 69.99 Newegg.com 10.72
Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 69.99 Amazon.com 10.72
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750640NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 750 89.00 Amazon Marketplace 8.43
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3750330NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 109.99 Amazon Marketplace 6.82
Western Digital RE3 WD7502ABYS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 109.99 Newegg.com 6.82
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3750630AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 750 155.00 Amazon Marketplace 4.84
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3750330AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 198.95 Amazon Marketplace 3.77
Hitachi Ultrastar A7K1000 0A35771 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 206.99 eCost.com 3.62  
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750640AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 750 249.95 Amazon Marketplace 3.00
HP Midline 458930-B21 SATA 7200 750 338.99 Buy.com 2.21  

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2010-08-30 Amazon Marketplace $60.02 -1.09
2010-08-24 Amazon Marketplace $61.11 +1.09
2010-08-21 Amazon Marketplace $60.02 -3.72
2010-08-20 PC Connection $64.95 -35.00
2010-08-17 Amazon Marketplace $63.74 +2.63
2010-08-14 PC Connection $99.95 +35.00
2010-08-14 Newegg.com $1249.99
2010-08-12 eCost.com $1209.99 -270.00
2010-08-12 eCost.com $60.99 -13.00
2010-08-05 Buy.com $64.96 -11.25

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity750,156 MB
User Sectors Per Drive1,465,149,168
Capacity750 GB
Performance
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)3 Gb/s (Max)
Buffer Size32 MB
Power
Standby0.80 Watts
Read/Write6.00 Watts
Sleep0.80 Watts
Idle3.70 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 326 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 029 dBA (average)
Idle Mode25 dBA (average)

External links

Western Digital
http://www.wdc.com/
WD7500AADS
http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...

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