WD AAKS Vs YS (RE) Drives

ATI · 23 Jun 2007 at 15:10

hellooo all

anyone knows the main differences between those two drives:

Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS

&

Western Digital Caviar RE 320GB 3200YS

any performance difference?

thanks

Greenlizard0 · 23 Jun 2007 at 20:23

*subscribes to thread*. I have just started a thread wondering what the difference is between their KB drives and KS drives lol.

jbloggs · 23 Jun 2007 at 21:11

AAKS - 3 year warranty, "Desktop" version, latest generation, faster than YS.

YS - 5 year warranty, "Server" version, a generation older, slower than AAKS.

ATI · 24 Jun 2007 at 07:37

hi

thanks a lot for that, any reviews or bechies and apart from the warrenty what technolgy is utlised, is it perpemdicular or anything new that makes it faster?

thanks

lay-z-boy · 24 Jun 2007 at 10:08

If you do a search in the hdd benchmarks thread you will find the results you are looking for, for both drives.

*edit* increased platter density for all bar the top

MeatLoaf · 24 Jun 2007 at 10:40

I got one of the Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS from bgrade a few weeks ago for £30

Very pleased with it and its quiet as well

ATI · 24 Jun 2007 at 12:07

hi

isnt the 750gb is the only one with perp?

thanks

steve258 · 24 Jun 2007 at 16:53

MeatLoaf said:
I got one of the Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS from bgrade a few weeks ago for £30

Very pleased with it and its quiet as well

It was the KS version on b-grade a few weeks ago @ £31 and not AAKS I believe.

yeah absolute bargain got 2 but 1 of them has just gone faulty

jbloggs · 24 Jun 2007 at 17:40

ATI said:
hi

isnt the 750gb is the only one with perp?

thanks

This is correct, have a look Here

Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) - The latest generation of WD Caviar SE16 drives employs PMR technology to achieve even greater areal density.
(750 GB only)

ATI · 24 Jun 2007 at 18:01

what a shame, wonder why wd are so slow on it sometimes?

Slackworth · 24 Jun 2007 at 18:39

Remember the ABYS is now available which is as quick as the AAKS but adds "Enterprise" features. Other versions will be coming soon but WD are clearing out their stock first.

jbloggs said:
This is correct, have a look Here

Any drive that had AAKS uses PMR. The main reason WD do not have a lot of the AAKS drives out is due to overstocks of old product they have to shift first.

ATI · 24 Jun 2007 at 18:52

Abys?

never heard of that, anychance of a link or something pls?

thanks

Slackworth · 24 Jun 2007 at 20:10

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=331. OcUK have the 5000ABYS in stock at the moment.

ATI · 24 Jun 2007 at 22:06

thanks a lot

anyone can see the spec and difference between the aaks and ys to the abys?

thanks