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Compare Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB vs Blue 500GB

Western Digital Caviar Blue 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 Performance (+26%), Cache, RPM and Form Factor.

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Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB

Western Digital Blue 500GB

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Brand

Western Digital

Brand

Western Digital

Model

WD5000AAKX

Model

WD5000LPVX

Release Date

📅 December 2010

Release Date

📅 August 2013

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Performance (Charts)

117th / 637

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Performance (Charts)

151st / 637

(-26%)

Effective Value

47th / 161

Effective Value

63rd / 161

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Price/GB

$0.09

Price/GB

$0.07

GB/$1

11.63

GB/$1

15.34

Pros

Reliability

Pros

-

Capacity

500 GB

Capacity

500 GB

Cache

16MB

Cache

8MB

RPM

7200

RPM

5400

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Form Factor

3.5"

Form Factor

2.5"

Options (1)

WD Blue 320GB WD3200LPVX

320 GB
$55.00

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB:

Moderately better performance, around +26%
Slightly better effective value.
Higher Revolutions Per Minute (+1800 RPM)
More Internal Cache (+8 MB available)

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Blue 500GB:

24% cheaper, you can save $10.40
Newer Product, it was released around 3 years later

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