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Compare Western Digital Blue WD5000AZLX 500GB vs Blue 500GB

Western Digital Blue WD5000AZLX 500GB and Western Digital Blue 500GB 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 Blue WD5000AZLX 500GB

Western Digital Blue 500GB

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Brand

Western Digital

Brand

Western Digital

Model

WD5000AZLX

Model

WD5000LPVX

Release Date

📅 October 2015

Release Date

📅 August 2013

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151st / 637

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Effective Value

63rd / 161

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Price/GB

$0.07

Price/GB

$0.07

GB/$1

14.29

GB/$1

15.34

Capacity

500 GB

Capacity

500 GB

Cache

32MB

Cache

8MB

RPM

7200

RPM

5400

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Form Factor

3.5"

Form Factor

2.5"

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Options (1)

WD Blue 320GB WD3200LPVX

320 GB
$55.00

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Blue WD5000AZLX 500GB:

Newer Product, it was released around 2 years later
Higher Revolutions Per Minute (+1800 RPM)
More Internal Cache (+24 MB available)

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Blue 500GB:

32% cheaper, you can save $15.39

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