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

Western Digital Black 500GB WD5000BPKX and Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB are both hard disk drives with the same Capacity (500 GB), Cache (16MB) and RPM (7200). The main differences are in Performance (+8%) and Form Factor.

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Western Digital Black 500GB WD5000BPKX

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB

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Brand

Western Digital

Brand

Western Digital

Model

WD5000BPKX

Model

WD5000AAKX

Release Date

📅 August 2013

Release Date

📅 December 2010

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Performance (Charts)

126th / 637

(-8%)

Performance (Charts)

117th / 637

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Effective Value

102nd / 161

Effective Value

47th / 161

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Price/GB

$0.13

Price/GB

$0.09

GB/$1

7.69

GB/$1

11.63

Pros

-

Pros

Reliability

Capacity

500 GB

Capacity

500 GB

Cache

16MB

Cache

16MB

RPM

7200

RPM

7200

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Form Factor

2.5"

Form Factor

3.5"

Options (1)

WD Black 320GB WD3200BEKX

320GB
$60.00

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Black 500GB WD5000BPKX:

Newer Product, it was released around 3 years later

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB:

34% cheaper, you can save $22.00
Slightly better performance, around +8%
Moderately better effective value.

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