Western Digital AV WD5000AVJB vs Comparable 3.5" PATA Hard Disks
Item 3705: Western Digital WD5000AVJB
Size500 GB
Cache8 MB
RPM7200
Form Factor3.5"
InterfacePATA
Speed100 MB/s
Warranty3 year
Disk Interface Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Caviar SE WD5000JBRTL PATA 100 MB/s 8 500 3 134.99 3.70
Western Digital Caviar Blue WDBAAV5000ENC-NRSN PATA 500 3 137.99 3.62
Western Digital AV WD5000AVJB PATA 100 MB/s 8 500 3 0.00

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfacePATA 100 MB/s
Formatted Capacity500,107 MB
User Sectors Per Drive976,773,168
Capacity500 GB
Performance
Read Seek Time8.9 ms
Acoustics (Sone)< 1
Full Stroke Seek21.0 ms (average)
Rotational Speed7,200 RPM (nominal)
Average Latency4.20 ms (nominal)
Track-To-Track Seek Time2.0 ms (average)
Load/unload Cycles50,000 minimum
Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk)972 Mb/s (Max)
Write Seek Time10.9 ms (average)
Buffer Size8 MB
Power
Standby0.97 Watts
Read/Write8.77 Watts
Sleep0.97 Watts
Idle8.40 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 329 dBA (average)
Idle Mode28 dBA (average)

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