Newegg Price History

2008-12-18	$109.99	-5.00
2008-12-08	$114.99	+15.00
2008-12-08	$99.99	-15.00
2008-12-06	$114.99	-15.00
2008-12-06	$129.99	+15.00
2008-11-25	$114.99	-5.00
2008-11-21	$119.99	-20.00
2008-11-05	$139.99	-10.00
2008-11-05	$149.99	+10.00
2008-11-03	$139.99	-10.00
2008-10-09	$149.99

Manufacturer's Specs

General
Interface	SATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity	500,107 MB
User Sectors Per Drive	976,773,168
Capacity	500 GB
Performance
Read Seek Time	12.0 ms
Rotational Speed	5,400 RPM (nominal)
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)	3 Gb/s (Max)
Track-To-Track Seek Time	2.0 ms (average)
Average Latency	5.50 ms (nominal)
Buffer Size	8 MB
Power
Standby	0.25 Watts
Read/Write	2.50 Watts
Sleep	0.10 Watts
Idle	0.85 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 0	26 dBA (average)
Idle Mode	24 dBA (average)

External links

Western Digital	http://www.wdc.com
WD5000BEVT	http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...
	Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT (500.00 gb)
	Western Digital WD5000BEVT Scorpio 500GB Internal Serial ATA-300 5,400 RPM 8MB Notebook 2.5" Hard Drive

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