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
$ 79.99 + $7.28 shipping
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 2000 3 89.99 22.22
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 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 86.20 11.60
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
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
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 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 ES ST3750641NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 750 89.80 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
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 73.30 6.82
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

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Recent Price Changes

2012-05-10 $79.99 +52.00
2011-01-18 $27.99 -4.00
2011-01-05 $31.99

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...

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