Western Digital Caviar RE WD1600YS vs Comparable 3.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 1029: Western Digital WD1600YS
Size160 GB
Cache16 MB
RPM7200
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
$ 67.99
$ 119.95
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1000 3 69.99 14.29
Seagate SV35 ST31000526SV SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 79.95 12.51
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750640NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 750 59.99 12.50
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 3 79.99 12.50
Samsung EcoGreen F2 Series HD103SI SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 79.99 12.50
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 3 79.99 12.50
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 1000 3 79.99 12.50
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1000 3 79.99 12.50
Western Digital HDWD10EVVS/R SATA 3 Gb/s 16 1000 84.99 11.77
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1000 3 84.99 11.77
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EUCX SATA 6 Gb/s 16 1000 84.99 11.77
Hitachi Ultrastar A7K1000 HUA721010KLA330 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 84.99 11.77
Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY0010HNC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 85.89 11.64
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3750330AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 3 74.00 10.14
Seagate SV35.5 ST3500410SV SATA 3 Gb/s 16 500 49.55 10.09
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3750330NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 79.99 9.38
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750525AS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 750 79.99 9.38
Hitachi Deskstar E7K500 HDS725050KLA360 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 54.99 9.09
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AZRX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 750 84.92 8.83
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AACS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 750 3 84.99 8.82
Western Digital Caviar Black WD7502AAEX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 750 5 85.99 8.72
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B HDT721064SLA360 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 640 74.99 8.53
Seagate Pipeline HD ST3500312CS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 500 60.59 8.25
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AZDX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 500 67.99 7.35
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3500630NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 69.99 7.14
Maxtor MaXLine Pro 500 7H500F0 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 69.99 7.14
Hitachi Ultrastar A7K1000 HUA721050KLA330-PULL SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 69.99 7.14
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 500 3 72.62 6.89
Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY5000ENC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 500 3 73.09 6.84
Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 16 500 73.98 6.76
Western Digital RE3 WD5002ABYS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 5 74.95 6.67
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3400832AS SATA 1.5 Gb/s 7200 8 400 59.99 6.67
Western Digital WD5000AARS SATA 3 Gb/s 500 74.99 6.67
Seagate ST3500641AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 74.99 6.67
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AZRX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 500 76.33 6.55
Western Digital AV-GP WD5000AUDX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 500 78.08 6.40
Maxtor MaXLine III 7l320s0 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 7200 16 320 49.99 6.40
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD2500AAKX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 250 3 39.99 6.25
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AAVS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 500 3 79.99 6.25
Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 79.99 6.25
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 (0F10381) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 79.99 6.25
Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000 0F11000 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 3 79.99 6.25
Western Digital AV-GP WD5000AVCS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 500 3 79.99 6.25
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D HDS721050DLE630 (0F13178) SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 500 79.99 6.25
Western Digital Caviar Blue WDBAAX5000ENC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 3 80.99 6.17
Western Digital RE4 WD5003ABYX SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 64 500 5 82.99 6.02
Maxtor MaXLine III 7L250S0 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 7200 16 250 41.99 5.95
Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 7Y250M00653RA SATA 1.5 Gb/s 7200 8 250 41.99 5.95
Seagate st3320630ns SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 320 54.99 5.82
Western Digital RE2-GP WD5000ABPS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 500 5 85.99 5.81
Western Digital RE2 WD4000YR SATA 1.5 Gb/s 7200 16 400 69.99 5.72
Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 HDS722525VLSA80 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 7200 8 250 44.99 5.56
Seagate DB35.4 ST3250310CS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 250 44.99 5.56
Western Digital WD2500AAVS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 44.99 5.56
Western Digital Caviar Green WD3200AZDX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 320 59.95 5.34
Hitachi Deskstar 7K400 HDS724040KLSA80 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 7200 8 400 75.00 5.33
Seagate Pipeline HD ST3250312CS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 250 49.95 5.01
Seagate ST3250412CS SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 16 250 49.99 5.00
Western Digital AV-GP WD2500AVVS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 250 3 49.99 5.00
Western Digital AV WD3200AVJS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 320 3 69.69 4.59
Western Digital AV-GP WD3200AUDX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 320 69.99 4.57
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 320 3 69.99 4.57
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3250310NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 250 54.99 4.55
Western Digital Caviar RE WD3200YS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 70.99 4.51
Western Digital Caviar Blue WDBAAX3200ENC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 3 72.00 4.44
Seagate Barracuda ST320DM000 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 16 320 74.99 4.27
Western Digital Caviar Green WD3200AZRX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 320 74.99 4.27
Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 59.99 4.17
Western Digital AV-GP WD3200AVVS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 320 3 79.99 4.00
Seagate Barracuda ST250DM000 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 16 250 63.83 3.92
Lenovo 41N3015 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 250 66.99 3.73
Western Digital RE3 WD2502ABYS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 5 71.99 3.47
HP EA788UT#ABA SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 250 74.99 3.33
Seagate NL35 250 ST3250823NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 250 80.00 3.13
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250310AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 250 3 85.00 2.94
Western Digital RE4 WD2503ABYX SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 64 250 5 85.00 2.94
Western Digital AV WD2500AVKX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 16 250 86.34 2.90
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3160815AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 160 3 63.94 2.50
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 160 3 64.40 2.48
Western Digital Caviar RE WD1600YS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 160 67.99 2.35
Western Digital AV-GP WD1600AVVS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 160 3 85.18 1.88
Western Digital AV WD1600AVJS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 160 3 89.99 1.78
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3160812AS SATA 1.5 Gb/s 7200 8 160 112.00 1.43
HP Entry 458945-B21 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 7200 160 113.00 1.42
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3160318AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 160 3 117.96 1.36
HP Entry 458947-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 160 119.00 1.34
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 160 3 119.95 1.33
HP PV944A SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 160 150.00 1.07
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3160813AS SATA 1.5 Gb/s 7200 8 160 3 166.00 0.96
HP PY277AA SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 160 175.00 0.91
Seagate Barracuda ST3160316AS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 8 160 3 178.48 0.90
HP Raptor EW222UT SATA 3 Gb/s 10000 160 186.75 0.86
Western Digital Raptor WD1600ADFD SATA 1.5 Gb/s 10000 16 160 5 198.95 0.80

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2012-05-10 $67.99
2011-11-17 $119.95 +39.96
2011-10-28 $79.99 +14.99
2011-08-22 $65.00 -54.95
2011-08-13 $119.95 +59.96
2011-07-28 $59.99 -59.96
2011-07-28 $119.95 +59.96
2011-06-18 $59.99 -10.00
2011-06-14 $69.99 -49.96
2010-12-15 $119.95

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity160,041 MB
User Sectors Per Drive321,672,960
Capacity160 GB
Performance
Read Seek Time8.7 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 Time0.6 ms (average)
Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk)70 MB/s (Sustained)
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)3 Gb/s (Max)
Buffer Size16 MB
Power
Standby2.00 Watts
Read/Write10.75 Watts
Sleep2.00 Watts
Idle8.90 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 033 dBA (average)
Idle Mode28 dBA (average)

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