Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS vs Comparable 3.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 2206: Western Digital WD5000AAKS
Size500 GB
Cache16 MB
RPM
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Warranty3 year
WD5000AAKS Reviews2
$ 99.99 + $0.99 shipping
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 2000 3 89.99 22.22
Western Digital WD25EZRS SATA 3 Gb/s 2500 114.99 21.74
Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 2000 3 109.99 18.18
Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 SATA 6 Gb/s 64 2000 117.57 17.01
Seagate Barracuda Green ST1500DL003 SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1500 89.99 16.67
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1500 3 99.00 15.15
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1000 3 69.99 14.29
Seagate Barracuda ST1500DM003 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1500 106.51 14.08
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1500 3 109.00 13.76
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1500 3 109.66 13.68
Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY0015HNC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1500 3 109.99 13.64
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
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 0F10383 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 88.99 11.24
Samsung F1 RAID Class HE103UJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 88.99 11.24
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EVDS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 3 88.99 11.24
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EAVS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 1000 89.99 11.11
Western Digital HDWD10EVDS/R SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 89.99 11.11
Western Digital WD1001FAES SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 89.99 11.11
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST31000340NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 92.00 10.87
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 5 92.99 10.75
Western Digital RE3 WD1002FBYS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 5 94.99 10.53
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 1000 94.99 10.53
Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 95.98 10.42
Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 95.99 10.42
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EZRX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1000 2 95.99 10.42
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 7200.12 ST31000524AS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 99.72 10.03
Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000 hua722010cla330 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 99.99 10.00
Seagate ST310005N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 99.99 10.00
Hitachi Deskstar E7K1000 hde721010sla330 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 99.99 10.00
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 5 99.99 10.00
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1000 99.99 10.00
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D HDS721010DLE630 (0F13180) SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 99.99 10.00
Seagate SV35.5 ST1000VX000 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 102.02 9.80
Seagate Pipeline HD ST1000VM002 SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 64 1000 104.99 9.52
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
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C HDS721010CLA332 (0F10383) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 109.99 9.09
Seagate Pipeline HD ST31000322CS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 1000 109.99 9.09
HP Midline 454146-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 110.00 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 RE4 WD1003FBYX SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 5 113.99 8.77
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
Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 5 87.99 8.52
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 119.00 8.40
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750641NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 750 89.80 8.35
Western Digital Caviar Black WDBAAZ0010HNC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 119.80 8.35
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AARX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 750 3 89.99 8.33
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
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD7500AALX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 750 3 104.08 7.21
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
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
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
Western Digital RE2-GP WD5000ABPS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 500 5 85.99 5.81
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 3 88.10 5.68
Western Digital AV-GP WD5000AVDS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 500 3 89.42 5.59
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 500 3 89.99 5.56
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500413AS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 16 500 89.99 5.56
Seagate SV35 ST3500411SV SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 16 500 3 89.99 5.56
HP PV943UT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 95.00 5.26
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 3 96.00 5.21
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 500 3 99.99 5.00
Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 500 2 99.99 5.00
Lenovo 43R1990 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 500 108.66 4.60
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000CSRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 3 109.99 4.55
Seagate Constellation ES ST3500514NS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 500 5 132.55 3.77
Seagate Constellation ES ST500NM0011 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 500 137.65 3.63
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 139.00 3.60
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500620AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 3 144.00 3.47
Seagate NL35 ST3500641NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 148.00 3.38
HP 395473-B21 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 7200 500 165.00 3.03
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 3 182.00 2.75
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD5000HHTZ SATA 6 Gb/s 10000 64 500 187.92 2.66
HP Midline 458941-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 227.47 2.20
HP Midline 458928-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 236.99 2.11
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3500641AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 240.00 2.08
IBM 39M4558 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 245.00 2.04
Cisco R200-D500GCSATA= SATA 7200 500 273.83 1.83
HP StorageWorks MSA2 AJ738A SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 350.00 1.43

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2012-04-19 $99.99 +20.00
2012-04-11 $79.99 -10.00
2012-04-09 $89.99 -10.00
2012-04-06 $99.99 -10.00
2012-03-06 $109.99 -10.00
2012-02-09 $119.99 -30.00
2011-11-18 $149.99 +10.00
2011-11-14 $139.99 +20.00
2011-11-02 $119.99 +10.00
2011-10-29 $109.99 +10.00

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity500,107 MB
User Sectors Per Drive976,773,168
Capacity500 GB
Performance
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)3 Gb/s (Max)
Buffer Size16 MB
Power
Standby0.97 Watts
Read/Write8.77 Watts
Sleep0.97 Watts
Idle8.40 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 329 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 033 dBA (average)
Idle Mode28 dBA (average)

External links

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