WD 500GB Desktop Hard Disk Drive WD5000AAKX
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WD 500GB Desktop Hard Disk Drive WD5000AAKX
$22.00
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WD 500GB Desktop Hard Disk Drive WD5000AAKX Price History
Price History for WD Blue 500GB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 16MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD5000AAKX
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| Current Price | $23.95 | October 30, 2024 |
| Highest Price | $23.95 | October 18, 2024 |
| Lowest Price | $22.00 | October 27, 2024 |
Since October 18, 2024
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| $23.95 | October 30, 2024 |
| $22.00 | October 27, 2024 |
| $23.95 | October 18, 2024 |
WD 500GB Desktop Hard Disk Drive WD5000AAKX Description
- IntelliSeek: Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration.
- Data LifeGuard: Advanced algorithms monitor your drive continuously so it stays in optimum health.
- NoTouch Ramp Load Technology: Safely positions the recording head off the disk surface to protect your data.
- 2-year seller waranty
- Package includes a hard drive only – no screws, cables, manuals included. Please purchase mounting hardware and cables separately if necessary.
WD 500GB Desktop Hard Disk Drive WD5000AAKX Specification
Specification: WD 500GB Desktop Hard Disk Drive WD5000AAKX
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WD 500GB Desktop Hard Disk Drive WD5000AAKX Reviews (10)
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Tyler Forge –
I’m overall happy with this drive. Western Digital drives typically last a long time for me as long as they have decent cooling. I’ve only used this particular one for a week. As expected, no problems. Am reviewing it now because it’ll probably be quiet a few years before it fails. I’ve a touch of buyers remorse in that the 1TB drives are starting to really drop in price now. I think they’re the best bang for buck at the moment. Such is life. At least it’s quiet. I’m typing this review on the very quiet office desktop this drive went into. I can hear crickets outside and a computer in a different room, but can’t hear this little PC two feet away. Here’s the build:
Thermaltake Mini ITX Case
ASRock E350M1 Mini-ITX Motherboard
Western Digital 500 GB Drive
G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 Memory F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT
random DVD burner
1080p TV with HDMI in and decent speakers
One Eye Willy –
Thanks Amazon for my 20 dollar promo.This was based on a previous order,but the A to Z policy took care of the problem.I have been using Western Digital drives for years.I’ve had only (1) drive fail over the years.RMA was easy.Cost 6 dollars to send back drive.Replacement works fine.
I just bought a Black and Blue.Using the Blue 500 GB for just a boot drive,and the(1) TB for gaming.
The Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA III 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache are great for boot drives.I bought this here for 66 dollars with promo :)I dont need a large cache for a boot drive.This drive has SATA 6Gb/s support and my motherboard also supports this feature.I also picked up a WD BLK 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5 drive which compliments this drive perfectly,on the new 6Gb/s interface
This covers all my storage,warranty,and gaming needs until ssd prices stabilize.I was able to get both drives for 210 out the door with promo.Amazon rocks.New Egg and other popular venders should take note.Pricing and frustration free packaging makes Amazon my #1 choice.
My specs
Antec DF-85 Black Steel/ATX Full Tower Computer Case
ASUS VH236HL-P Black 23″ 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen Full HD 1080P LCD Monitor w/height & swivel
GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3 AM3+ AMD 970 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz @ 3.8GHz w/1.35v on cpu-vcore
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus w/2 fans Idle:24C-45C
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8 GB PC3-12800 1600mhz 240-Pin DDR3 Dual
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB 1024 MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 2DVI/Mini-HDMI
Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System with Subwoofer
Corsair Enthusiast Series 750-Watt 80 Plus Bronze
(1)Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA III 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache BOOT
(1)Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5″ GAMING
(2)Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5″STORAGE
(2) LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer Black SATA Model iHAS424-98 LightScribe Support
Luisito –
Ya van más de 3 meses y me funciona perfectamente.
george max –
Win xp : Mi pc – Administrar- Almacenamiento – Administración de discos.
Moebanter –
I have a 320GB caviar blue, that was running low on space so a upgrade was mandatory. For $40 which is actually the same price I got my 320GB from a retail store, this was a great deal. The hardware installation was pretty straight forward and painless. but keep a few things in mind when buying this product as an upgrade or for a build. when they say bare drive they mean bare drive. You get a box, packaged product and that’s it. You will need some screws or a way to secure this drive to your case for a build or a housing to make it an external. Also if this is for a secondary drive (as it was for me) I would download the proper software from WD prior to installing this HDD. Windows (I have 7) will recognize the drive as a disc drive and not a Hard disc drive if you don’t have the proper software from the get go. So to avoid having a redundant disc listing make sure you have the WD software. Performance seems solid so far, it only has 40GB of game data on it, but transferring over the games was painless and they launch perfectly. There does not seems to be an audible increase in noise seeing as two drive run now instead of just one and heat difference is also negligible and if this drive performs as good as my 320GB, this is another win from Western Digital.
Pedro –
excellent product
Howard –
My use for these drives is to replace a couple of aging five year old 80GB drives in Windows XP and XP Media Center machines. Those drives are still running fine, however, for the price, I had absolutely no reason not to upgrade them at this time.
I came across this drive middle of last week and Amazon was selling it new for $29 – I was scratching my head thinking “what’s the deal” and “what’s wrong with these drives”? Sure, even though they were above $25, Amazon was still charging for the shipping – so I took two to bring the per drive shipping down slightly. The old 3Gb version of this drive was selling for over $40 – so again, scratching my head about this. Maybe it was a pricing mistake? Whatever – it was a great price.
The drives arrived yesterday, same standard OEM packaging all of my six other WD drives have come in over the past 9 months. I used Clonezilla to clone the old drives on to the new, it went smoothly without any issues. I’m storing the old drives just in case these new ones have any issues I won’t have to rebuild the system drives from scratch.
I know that the motherboards in my machines cannot make use of the 6Gb throughput, however, these drives are definitely faster than what they’re replacing – older WD drives which indicate they are 7200RPM and 3Gb. Specs on the older drives indicate performance shouldn’t be all that different, but it is, and for the better. I won’t question it.
The drive indicates you can jumper pins 5 and 6 to limit it to 3Gb, but I didn’t understand the benefit of doing it, so I left it unjumpered and it’s working well.
To summarize – these drives are fast, quiet, and so far are performing excellently. I’m very happy with them thus far.
Ret –
Ho presto questo hhd da 3.5 pollici per sostituire momentaneamente l hd del mio nvr che non andava più. Essendo una sostituzione momentanea ho optato per una capienza media ( 500 GB) e un articolo di Amazon seconda mano.
L hd è arrivato perfettamente confezionato e funziona senza nessun problema da già un mese.
Risparmio e stessa qualitÃ
Pedro –
Funciona muito bem, tive medo de que viesse com algum problema ou não funcionasse corretamente, porém, funciona bem!
Al D –
I use these for my mass off-line storage. They work great. I have retrieved project data more than 10 years old.