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Compare Western Digital Black 500GB WD5000BPKX vs Blue 500GB WD5000AZRZ

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  3. Western Digital Black 500GB WD5000BPKX 🆚 Western Digital Blue 500GB WD5000AZRZ
Western Digital Black 500GB WD5000BPKX and Western Digital Blue 500GB WD5000AZRZ are both hard disk drives with the same Capacity (500 GB) and Interface (SATA 6 Gb/s). The main differences are in Cache, RPM and Form Factor.
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Western Digital Black 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 16MB Cache 2.5" WD5000BPKX
Western Digital Black 500GB WD5000BPKX
Western Digital Blue 500GB 3.5" 5400 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache WD5000AZRZ
Western Digital Blue 500GB WD5000AZRZ
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$65.00
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$93.18
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$34.99
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$39.99
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Brand
Western Digital
Brand
Western Digital
Model
WD5000BPKX
Model
WD5000AZRZ
Release Date
📅 August 2013
Release Date
📅 October 2015
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
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Performance (Charts)
126th / 637
Performance (Charts)
n/a
Effective Value
102nd / 161
Effective Value
-
Price history
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Price/GB
$0.13
Price/GB
$0.07
GB/$1
7.69
GB/$1
14.29
Capacity
500 GB
Capacity
500 GB
Cache
16MB
Cache
64MB
RPM
7200
RPM
5400
Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s
Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s
Form Factor
2.5"
Form Factor
3.5"

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Black 500GB WD5000BPKX:

  • Higher Revolutions Per Minute (+1800 RPM)

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Reasons to buy the Western Digital Blue 500GB WD5000AZRZ:

  • 46% cheaper, you can save $30.01
  • Newer Product, it was released around 2 years later
  • More Internal Cache (+48 MB available)

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