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WD 500GB Desktop Hard Disk Drive WD5000AAKX
WD 500GB Desktop Hard Disk Drive WD5000AAKX

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

Standing screen display size (Inches)

3.5

Hard Drive

500 GB Mechanical Hard Disk

National Stock Number

7025-01-615-7968

Hard Disk Rotational Speed (RPM)

7200

Specific Uses For Product

Business

Read Speed

6 Gigabytes Per Second

Cache Size

16

Model Name

Blue

Item Weight (pounds)

1.08

Product Dimensions

5.79"L x 4"W x 1.03"Th

Number of Items

1

Data Transfer Rate

750 Megabytes Per Second

Form Factor

3.5-inch

Unit Count (Count)

1.0

Package Type

Standard Packaging

Manufacturer

Western Digital

Hardware Interface

SATA 6.0 Gb/s

Global Trade Identification Number

00088020586148, 05704327946281, 00718037773421

UPC

796201431780,088020586148,132018245408,191120074832,999994687758,797698719214,777786451035,718037773421,718037720302

Item model number

WD5000AAKX

Hardware Platform

Mac, PC

Operating System

Windows

Item Dimensions LxWxH

1.03 x 4 x 5.79 inches

Computer Memory Type

SDRAM

Flash Memory Size

500

Hard Drive Rotational Speed (RPM)

7200

Voltage (Volts)

12

Language

English

ASIN

B00461G3MS

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

No

Date First Available

October 11, 2010

WD 500GB Desktop Hard Disk Drive WD5000AAKX Reviews (10)

10 reviews for WD 500GB Desktop Hard Disk Drive WD5000AAKX

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  1. 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

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  2. 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

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  3. Luisito

    Ya van más de 3 meses y me funciona perfectamente.

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  4. george max

    Win xp : Mi pc – Administrar- Almacenamiento – Administración de discos.

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  5. 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.

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  6. Pedro

    excellent product

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  7. 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.

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  8. 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 qualità

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  9. Pedro

    Funciona muito bem, tive medo de que viesse com algum problema ou não funcionasse corretamente, porém, funciona bem!

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  10. Al D

    I use these for my mass off-line storage. They work great. I have retrieved project data more than 10 years old.

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