Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AARX vs Comparable 3.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 6716: Western Digital WD7500AARX
Size750 GB
Cache64 MB
RPM
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed6 Gb/s
Warranty3 year
$ 89.99
$ 95.00 + $1.99 shipping
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 2000 3 89.99 22.22
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
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 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
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
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
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD7500AALX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 750 3 104.08 7.21
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 750 3 129.95 5.77
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3750630AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 750 3 145.00 5.17
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750640AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 750 3 165.00 4.55
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 750 3 182.00 4.12
Western Digital RE2-GP WD7500AYPS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 750 5 198.95 3.77
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 750 3 220.00 3.41
HP Midline 458930-B21 SATA 7200 750 270.00 2.78

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2012-05-18 $89.99 +7.73
2012-05-18 $82.26 -7.41
2012-05-17 $89.67 -0.32
2012-05-17 $89.99 +0.67
2012-05-16 $89.32 -0.06
2012-05-16 $89.38 -0.06
2012-05-16 $89.44 -0.06
2012-05-16 $89.50 -0.06
2012-05-15 $89.56 -0.06
2012-05-15 $89.62 -0.06

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 6 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity750,156 MB
User Sectors Per Drive1,465,149,168
Capacity750 GB
Performance
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)6 Gb/s (Max)
Rotational SpeedIntelliPower *
Buffer Size64 MB
Power
Standby0.40 Watts
Read/Write4.90 Watts
Sleep0.40 Watts
Idle2.80 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 324 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 027 dBA (average)
Idle Mode23 dBA (average)
Physical
Width101.6 mm
Depth147 mm
Weight0.60 kg
Height26.1 mm

External links

Western Digital
http://www.wdc.com/
WD7500AARX
http://www.wdc.com/global/p...

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