Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB vs Seagate Barracuda 250GB Hard Disk Comparison

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB and Seagate Barracuda 250GB are both hard disk drives with the same Performance, Cache (16MB) and RPM (7200). The main differences are in Capacity.

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Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB	Seagate Barracuda 250GB
Prices (Change region) In Stock $49.65 Last updated 19 minutes ago. In Stock Free shipping $53.80	Prices (Change region) In Stock Free shipping $45.00
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Brand Western Digital	Brand Seagate
Model WD5000AAKX	Model ST250DM000
Release Date 📅 December 2010	Release Date 📅 November 2011
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews ★★★★★ (110 reviews) Add a product review	User reviews ★★★★★ (120 reviews) Add a product review
Performance (Charts) 117th / 641 (0%)	Performance (Charts) 117th / 641 (0%)
Effective Value 57th / 161	Effective Value 47th / 161
Price history View Details ►	Price history View Details ►
Price/GB $0.10	Price/GB $0.18
GB/$1 10.07	GB/$1 5.56
Pros Reliability	Pros Reliability Good performance
Capacity 500 GB	Capacity 250 GB
Cache 16MB	Cache 16MB
RPM 7200	RPM 7200
Interface SATA 6 Gb/s	Interface SATA 6 Gb/s
Form Factor 3.5"	Form Factor 3.5"