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Compare Western Digital Blue 500GB vs 500GB WD Black

Western Digital Blue 500GB and Western Digital 500GB WD Black are both hard disk drives with the same Capacity (500 GB) and Interface (SATA 6 Gb/s). The main differences are in Performance (+77%), Cache, RPM and Form Factor.

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Western Digital Blue 500GB

Western Digital 500GB WD Black

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Brand

Western Digital

Brand

Western Digital

Model

WD5000LPVX

Model

WD5003AZEX

Release Date

📅 August 2013

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Performance (Charts)

151st / 637

(-77%)

Performance (Charts)

65th / 637

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Effective Value

63rd / 161

Effective Value

6th / 161

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Price/GB

$0.07

Price/GB

$0.08

GB/$1

15.34

GB/$1

12.5

Capacity

500 GB

Capacity

500 GB

Cache

8MB

Cache

64MB

RPM

5400

RPM

7200

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Form Factor

2.5"

Form Factor

3.5"

Options (1)

WD Blue 320GB WD3200LPVX

320 GB
$55.00

Options (4)

	2TB Hard Drive $99.97
	4TB Hard Drive $205.48
	6TB Hard Drive $149.99
	8TB Hard Drive $474.45

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Blue 500GB:

74% cheaper, you can save $94.75
Moderately better effective value.

Reasons to buy the Western Digital 500GB WD Black:

Hugely better performance, around +77%
Higher Revolutions Per Minute (+1800 RPM)
More Internal Cache (+56 MB available)

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