Western Digital Caviar RE WD3200YS vs Comparable 3.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 15: Western Digital WD3200YS
Size320 GB
Cache16 MB
RPM7200
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital AV WD3200AVJS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 320 3 69.99 4.57
Seagate Barracuda ST320DM000 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 16 320 74.00 4.32
Western Digital AV-GP WD3200AVVS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 320 3 74.95 4.27
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 320 3 82.60 3.87
Western Digital Caviar Green WD3200AZDX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 320 85.25 3.75
Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 320 3 89.95 3.56
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 320 3 98.67 3.24
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3320418AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 3 115.00 2.78
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3320613AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 3 115.00 2.78
Western Digital RE3 WD3202ABYS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 5 139.99 2.29
Western Digital Caviar Blue WDBAAX3200ENC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 3 274.99 1.16
Western Digital Caviar RE WD3200YS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 0.00

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity320,072 MB
User Sectors Per Drive625,142,448
Capacity320 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)61 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 329 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 033 dBA (average)
Idle Mode28 dBA (average)

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