Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB vs Caviar Blue 500GB Hard Disk Comparison

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

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Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB
Prices (Change region) Out of Stock Free shipping $68.00 - Buy now	Prices (Change region) In Stock Free shipping $43.00 In Stock $45.98 Last updated 51 minutes ago.
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Brand Western Digital	Brand Western Digital
Model WD5000AZRX	Model WD5000AAKX
Release Date 📅 March 2012	Release Date 📅 December 2010
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews ★★★★★ (295 reviews) Add a product review	User reviews ★★★★★ (110 reviews) Add a product review
Performance (Charts) 111th / 637 (0%)	Performance (Charts) 117th / 637 (-6%)
Effective Value 78th / 161	Effective Value 46th / 161
Price history View Details ►	Price history View Details ►
Price/GB $0.14	Price/GB $0.09
GB/$1 7.35	GB/$1 11.63
Pros Reliability Low power consumption	Pros Reliability
Capacity 500 GB	Capacity 500 GB
Cache 64MB	Cache 16MB
RPM 5400	RPM 7200
Interface SATA 6 Gb/s	Interface SATA 6 Gb/s
Form Factor 3.5"	Form Factor 3.5"