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WD Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500 GB
SATA 3

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WD WD5000AAKX
Placement
built-in
Type
HDD
Features
for PC
Volume
500 GB
Form factor
3.5 "
Connection
SATA3
Manufacturer's warranty
3 years
Cache memory
16 MB
RPM
7200 rpm
Data transfer rate
126 MB/s
Operation power consumption
6.8 W
Standby power consumption
0.7 W
Shockproof
30 G
Reading noise level
33 dB
Standby mode noise level
28 dB
MTBF (on/off)
300 K
Weight
690 g
Added to E-Catalog
December 2010

One of the most affordable 3.5″ internal hard drives from the 2010 WD Caviar Blue line of consumer HDDs. It is positioned as a product of the basic price category, intended for use as part of multi-purpose home and office configurations of the most affordable cost. A capacity of 500 GB will be enough to store working projects files and small volumes of SD/HD/UHD media content. Can be used as the sole system drive of a PC or paired with a more powerful SSD drive.

In the latter case, it can be used as part of entry-level workstations, the operation of which does not involve a serious load on the data storage subsystem. The WD Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX shows acceptable sequential read/write speed (up to 140 Mbps according to CrystalDiskMark) and has a small buffer cache of 16 MB. Thanks to the high rotation speed of 7200 rpm, it provides low latency data access. Demonstrates noticeable power consumption (6.8 W in active mode), requires low-intensity airflow to maintain a comfortable thermal regime. Designed to connect to a SATA3 port, which is backward compatible with the first and second generations of this interface.

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WD Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 3 6Gb/s WD5000AAKX

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Western Digital Blue internal hard drive 500 GB 7200 RPM 16 MB 3.5&quo WD5000AAKX

Western Digital Blue internal hard drive 500 GB 7200 RPM 16 MB 3.5" Serial ATA
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Western Digital Blue internal hard drive 500 GB 7200 RPM 16 MB 3.5&quo WD5000AAKX

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Western Digital Blue 500GB WD5000AAKX WD5000AAKX

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Be sure to buy if you do not have enough money for expensive models
7 November 2022 
It has been serving for more than 9 years, and it works with a bang, the info disk shows 100% in the crystal, I don’t know if it can be trusted, but the disk really works well
Too durable for the price
No
ينميويز يترنيميمuse WD WD5000AAKS more than year
Shame on the bourgeoisie.
25 March 2012 
Now, there are two dead people at home, one was born on January 03, 2010, the other on October 14, 2010. At work, we bought 250 cars, all with these screws, now I’m uploading images, soon I’ll write, write and write.
A beautiful piece of paper is pasted.
Dying.
Asususe WD WD5000AAKX more than year
great model, love it
22 January 2019 
I worked for 6 years, I advise everyone to buy it
At 6 years old, strong vibrations and knocking appeared
 i recommend it should buy
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