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

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Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB	Seagate Barracuda 500GB
Prices (Change region) In Stock $12.49 +Free shipping In Stock $23.00 (Used from $14.94) Last updated 12 minutes ago.	Prices (Change region) In Stock $27.95 +Free shipping
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Brand Western Digital	Brand Seagate
Model WD5000AAKX	Model ST500DM002
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 ★★★★★ (121 reviews) Add a product review
Performance (Charts) 114th / 589 (-7%)	Performance (Charts) 108th / 589 (0%)
Effective Value 5th / 158	Effective Value 25th / 158
Price history View Details ►	Price history View Details ►
Price/GB $0.02	Price/GB $0.06
GB/$1 40.03	GB/$1 17.89
Pros Reliability	Pros Reliability Good performance
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 3.5"	Form Factor 3.5"
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