Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB vs Seagate Barracuda 1TB Hard Disk Comparison

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB and Seagate Barracuda 1TB are both hard disk drives with the same RPM (7200), Interface (SATA 6 Gb/s) and Form Factor (3.5"). The main differences are in Performance (+63%), Capacity and Cache.

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Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB	Seagate Barracuda 1TB
Prices (Change region) In Stock Free shipping $43.00 In Stock $45.98 Last updated 36 minutes ago.	Prices (Change region) In Stock $56.05 Last updated 36 minutes ago. Out of Stock Free shipping $70.00
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Brand Western Digital	Brand Seagate
Model WD5000AAKX	Model ST1000DM003
Release Date 📅 December 2010	Release Date 📅 November 2013
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews ★★★★★ (110 reviews) Add a product review	User reviews ★★★★★ (121 reviews) Add a product review
Performance (Charts) 117th / 637 (-63%)	Performance (Charts) 21st / 637 (0%)
Effective Value 46th / 161	Effective Value 7th / 161
Price history View Details ►	Price history View Details ►
Price/GB $0.09	Price/GB $0.06
GB/$1 11.63	GB/$1 17.84
Pros Reliability	Pros Reliability Good performance
Capacity 500 GB	Capacity 1000 GB
Cache 16MB	Cache 64MB
RPM 7200	RPM 7200
Interface SATA 6 Gb/s	Interface SATA 6 Gb/s
Form Factor 3.5"	Form Factor 3.5"