Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AAVS vs Comparable 3.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 640: Western Digital WD5000AAVS
Size500 GB
Cache16 MB
RPM
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Warranty3 year
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Seagate SV35.5 ST3500410SV SATA 3 Gb/s 16 500 48.67 10.27
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3500641AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 69.99 7.14
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 500 3 78.39 6.38
Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 16 500 79.35 6.30
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 84.99 5.88
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 (0F10381) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 84.99 5.88
Seagate Pipeline HD ST3500312CS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 500 84.99 5.88
Western Digital AV-GP WD5000AVCS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 500 3 85.60 5.84
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AZDX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 500 86.62 5.77
Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY5000ENC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 500 3 88.99 5.62
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500413AS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 16 500 94.99 5.26
Western Digital AV-GP WD5000AVDS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 500 3 99.00 5.05
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 3 118.00 4.24
Seagate ST3500641AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 119.99 4.17
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 500 3 129.99 3.85
Western Digital RE3 WD5002ABYS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 5 129.99 3.85
Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 500 2 134.99 3.70
Western Digital RE4 WD5003ABYX SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 64 500 5 145.95 3.43
Seagate NL35 ST3500641NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 149.95 3.33
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 500 3 149.99 3.33
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 155.00 3.23
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 3 168.15 2.97
Hitachi Deskstar E7K500 HDS725050KLA360 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 169.95 2.94
HP Midline 458941-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 205.48 2.43
IBM 39M4558 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 245.00 2.04
Cisco R200-D500GCSATA= SATA 7200 500 267.09 1.87
HP StorageWorks MSA2 AJ738A SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 350.00 1.43
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AAVS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 500 3 0.00

Manufacturer's Specs

General
Physical Capacity500,107 MB
Physical Platters2
Performance
Data Transfer Rate (Buffer to Host)3.0 Gb/s
Data Transfer Rate (Buffer to Disk)1156 Mb/s
Average Latency (nominal)5.60 ms
Average Read Seek8.9 ms
Drive Ready Time13 sec
Power
Read/Write7.4 W
Idle4 W
Standby0.97 W
Sleep0.97 W
Acoustics
Idle Mode24 dBA
Seek Mode 029 dBA
Seek Mode 325 dBA

External links

Western Digital
http://www.wdc.com/
WD5000AAVS
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi...

Western Digital Caviar Green Reviews & Benchmarks

eTeknix - Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB Hard Drive Review - Oct. 24, 2011
Tom's Hardware - Four 3 TB Hard Drives, Tested And Reviewed - Sept. 8, 2011
Hot Hardware - 3TB Hard Drive Round-up: Hitachi, Seagate, WD - Sept. 7, 2011
Tech ARP - Western Digital Caviar Green (WD30EZRX) 3 TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive Review - June 9, 2011
X-bit labs - New Evolution Spiral: 3 TB Hard Disk Drives Roundup - Feb. 8, 2011
Hardware Heaven - Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB Hard Drive Review - Jan. 1, 2011
X-bit labs - Hard Disk Drives Roundup: Winter 2010 - Dec. 28, 2010
Tech ARP - Western Digital Caviar Green (Advanced Format) 3 TB Hard Disk Drive Review Rev. 2.0 - Dec. 24, 2010
Silent PC Review - New high areal density 2-and-3 TB Greens from WD | silentpcreview.com - Dec. 7, 2010
The Tech Report - Western Digital's Caviar Green 3TB hard drive - The next mechanical milestone comes with complications - Oct. 28, 2010
TweakTown - Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB Hard Drive - Oct. 19, 2010
AnandTech - Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB and My Book Essential 3TB Drives Reviewed - Oct. 19, 2010
Hot Hardware - WD Caviar Green 3TB Hard Drive Review - Oct. 19, 2010
Legit Reviews - Western Digital 3TB Caviar Green Hard Drive Review - Oct. 19, 2010
PC Perspective - Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB Review - Oct. 19, 2010
StorageReview.com - Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB Review (WD20EARS) - June 24, 2010
X-bit labs - 500 GB Hard Disk Drives Roundup - May 3, 2010
Silent PC Review - Recommended Hard Drives - April 28, 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
X-bit labs - Terabyte Hard Disk Drives Roundup: Round Three - March 8, 2010
Hot Hardware - Exploring WD's Advanced Format HD Technology - Feb. 26, 2010
Tom's Hardware - HDDs, The Next Generation: Drives With 4KB Sectors On The Way - Feb. 26, 2010
X-bit labs - 2 TB Hard Disk Drives: Now at 7,200 RPM - Jan. 11, 2010
Silent PC Review - Western Digital Green 1.5TB vs. Seagate 7200.12 500GB - Dec. 9, 2009
Macintosh Performance Guide - Low-power 2TB hard drives — Seagate Barracuda LP Western Digital Caviar Green - Nov. 24, 2009
Legit Reviews - Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green and Black Hard Drives - Sept. 18, 2009
X-bit labs - Life After 1 TB: Seven Hard Disk Drives with 1.5 TB and 2 TB Storage Capacity - Aug. 15, 2009
Tom's Hardware - 1.5 TB Low-Power HDDs: Green Gets Big - June 24, 2009
Tom's Hardware - New Desktop Hard Drives: Speed Or Capacity? : New HDDs With 500 GB Per Platter (500 GB To 2 TB) - April 21, 2009
Hot Hardware - Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green Power Hard Drive - April 8, 2009
Silent PC Review - WD Caviar Green 2TB & Seagate Pipeline HD 500GB: Two Very Quiet Drives - March 26, 2009
PC Perspective - Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green Review: Bigger and Quieter! - March 11, 2009
The Tech Report - Western Digital's Caviar Green 2TB hard drive: An energy-efficient step up the capacity ladder - Feb. 10, 2009
Tom's Hardware - WD's 2nd Gen GP: More Speed, Less Power : Just Another Green Product? - Dec. 3, 2008
The Tech Report - Western Digital's Caviar Green hard drive: 333GB platters come to the eco-Caviar - Oct. 27, 2008
Tom's Hardware - Energy-Saving Hard Drives - June 3, 2008
Hot Hardware - WD Caviar & RE2 GreenPower 1TB HDs - March 24, 2008
Silent PC Review - Terabyte Round III: WD Caviar Green Power WD10EACS - Feb. 26, 2008
Silent PC Review - WD Green Power: A New Benchmark in HDD Acoustics & Power - Dec. 4, 2007
ExtremeTech - RAID Class Terabyte Hard Drives - Nov. 29, 2007
AnandTech - Seagate and Western Digital 1TB Drives: Improved and Green - Nov. 26, 2007
Tom's Hardware - The Terabyte Battle - Nov. 5, 2007
ExtremeTech - Western Digital WD10EACS and Seagate 7200.11 Terabyte Hard Drive Reviews - Oct. 25, 2007
The Tech Report - Western Digital's Caviar GP hard drive - Is it easy being green? - Oct. 16, 2007
Tom's Hardware - WD Caviar GP: The "Green" 1 TB Drive - Oct. 11, 2007
StorageReview - Faceoff at One Terabyte: Seagate's Barracuda ES.2 and WD's Caviar GreenPower - Oct. 1, 2007

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