Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS vs Comparable 3.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 1472: Western Digital WD7501AALS
Size750 GB
Cache32 MB
RPM7200
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Warranty5 year
$ 109.99
$ 139.99 + $7.28 shipping
$ 219.95
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 2000 129.99 15.39
Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 SATA 6 Gb/s 64 2000 129.99 15.39
Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3020ALA632 SATA 6 Gb/s 32 2000 3 129.99 15.39
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1500 3 108.00 13.89
Seagate Barracuda Green ST1500DL003 SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1500 109.95 13.64
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1500 3 117.59 12.76
Seagate Barracuda LP ST31500541AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 1500 3 124.00 12.10
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1500 3 129.99 11.54
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 3 99.99 10.00
Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY0010HNC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 104.50 9.57
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1000 3 104.99 9.52
Hitachi Ultrastar A7K1000 HUA721010KLA330 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 109.99 9.09
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1000 3 109.99 9.09
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 1000 112.00 8.93
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1000 3 114.62 8.72
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1000 117.29 8.53
Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 118.84 8.41
Seagate Barracuda Green ST1000DL002 SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 1000 118.95 8.41
Western Digital Caviar Black WD7502AAEX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 750 5 89.99 8.33
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 HDD-HDS721075KLA330-NDW-R SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 89.99 8.33
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 5 119.99 8.33
G-TECH 0G00149 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 1000 3 126.00 7.94
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750640NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 750 94.99 7.90
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000524AS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 128.90 7.76
Samsung EcoGreen F2 Series HD103SI SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 129.99 7.69
Western Digital WD1001FAES SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 129.99 7.69
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 1000 3 129.99 7.69
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C HDS721010CLA332 (0F10383) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 129.99 7.69
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AARX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 750 3 98.25 7.63
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD7500AALX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 750 3 99.99 7.50
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D HDS721075DLE630 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 750 99.99 7.50
Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 5 109.99 6.82
Western Digital AV-GP WD7500AVDS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 750 3 118.18 6.35
Western Digital RE2-GP WD7500AYPS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 750 5 149.95 5.00
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AZRX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 750 166.45 4.51
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 750 3 189.95 3.95
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 750 3 189.99 3.95
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3750330AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 3 219.95 3.41
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750640AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 750 3 229.95 3.26
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750525AS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 750 269.95 2.78
HP Midline 458930-B21 SATA 7200 750 270.00 2.78

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2012-02-03 $219.95 +40.26
2012-02-03 $179.69 -40.26
2012-02-03 $219.95 +40.26
2012-02-02 $179.69 -40.26
2012-02-02 $219.95 +40.26
2012-02-02 $179.69 -40.26
2012-02-02 $219.95 +40.26
2012-02-01 $179.69 -40.26
2012-02-01 $219.95 +40.26
2012-01-31 $179.69 -40.26

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
Standby1.00 Watts
Read/Write8.40 Watts
Sleep1.00 Watts
Idle7.80 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 329 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 033 dBA (average)
Idle Mode24 dBA (average)

External links

Western Digital
http://www.wdc.com/
WD7501AALS
http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...

Western Digital Caviar Black Reviews & Benchmarks

X-bit labs - Hard Disk Drives Roundup: Winter 2010 - Dec. 28, 2010
ThinkComputers - Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB (WD1002FAEX) SATA 6GB/s Hard Drive Review | Unbiased Computer Hardware Reviews - ThinkComputers.org - Dec. 17, 2010
Silent PC Review - WD Caviar Black 2TB & VelociRaptor 600GB - Oct. 10, 2010
The Tech Report - 7,200-RPM terabytes from Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, and WD face off - Introducing the Barracuda 7200.12, Caviar Black, Deskstar 7K1000.C, and SpinPoint F3 - July 27, 2010
The Tech Report - Today's solid-state drives: The value perspective - Quantifying the value of today's SSD goodness - July 6, 2010
X-bit labs - 500 GB Hard Disk Drives Roundup - May 3, 2010
X-bit labs - Roundup: New Hard Disk Drives with 1 TB and 2 TB Storage Capacities - April 16, 2010
Hot Hardware - Definitive 2TB HD Roundup: WD, Seagate, Samsung - April 16, 2010
StorageReview.com - Western Digital Caviar Black Review (2TB) - March 31, 2010
X-bit labs - Terabyte Hard Disk Drives Roundup: Round Three - March 8, 2010
HardOCP - SATA 6Gb/s on Your New Motherboard? - Feb. 20, 2010
The Tech Report - Western Digital's 6Gbps Caviar Black 1TB hard drive - Two 500GB platters get a faster interface - Feb. 17, 2010
PC Perspective - Western Digital SATA 6Gb/sec 1TB Caviar Black (WD1002FAEX) Review - Feb. 14, 2010
X-bit labs - 2 TB Hard Disk Drives: Now at 7,200 RPM - Jan. 11, 2010
Hot Hardware - Western Digital Caviar Black and RE4 2TB Drives Review - Dec. 9, 2009
Tom's Hardware - 500GB Per Platter: Three Next-Gen 7,200 RPM Hard Drives - Oct. 29, 2009
The Tech Report - Western Digital's Caviar Black 2TB hard drive - Introducing the dual-stage actuator - Oct. 26, 2009
Register Hardware - WD Caviar Black 2TB 7200rpm hard drive - Two terabytes of performance HDD - but it comes at a price - Oct. 7, 2009
Legit Reviews - Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green and Black Hard Drives - Sept. 18, 2009
PC Perspective - Western Digital 7200RPM Caviar Black and RE4 Series 2TB Hard Drive Review - Sept. 7, 2009
Silent PC Review - Caviar Black: WD's Performance 1TB HDD - Jan. 13, 2009
Tom's Hardware - 1TB Evolves: New Drives, More Speed : Hitachi, WD: 1-TB Drives Revised - Sept. 12, 2008
The Tech Report - Western Digital's Caviar Black hard drive: After you've had Caviar, will you ever go back? - Aug. 28, 2008

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