Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT

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Item 1547: Western Digital WD5000BEVT
Amazon.com
$ 79.99
Newegg.com
$ 79.99 + $ 0.99 shipping
ZipZoomfly.com
$ 79.99 Free Ground Shipping
PC Connection
$ 84.95 + $ 11.59 shipping
eCost.com
$ 120.99 + $ 9.99 shipping
Size500 GB
Cache (MB)8
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM500JI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 69.99 Amazon.com 7.14
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM641JI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 99.99 Newegg.com 6.40  
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD6400BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 99.99 Amazon.com 6.40
Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B HTS545050B9A300 (0A57915) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 79.99 Newegg.com 6.25  
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 79.99 Amazon.com 6.25
Seagate Momentus ST905003N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 80.00 Amazon.com 6.25
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 82.99 eCost.com 6.02
Hitachi Travelstar HD20500 IDK/5K SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 500 84.99 Newegg.com 5.88  
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVTRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 89.00 Amazon.com 5.62
Fujitsu 2.5" SATA MJA2500BH SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 89.99 Amazon.com 5.56  
Fujitsu 2.5" SATA MJA2500BH-G2 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 89.99 Newegg.com 5.56  
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM501II SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 89.99 Newegg.com 5.56  
Toshiba MK5055GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 94.00 Amazon.com 5.32  
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 94.99 eCost.com 5.26
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 95.99 eCost.com 5.21
Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 HD20500 IDK/7K SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 99.99 Amazon.com 5.00  
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 99.99 Amazon.com 5.00
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 104.99 Amazon.com 4.76
Seagate Momentus 5400 ST9500327AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 107.17 PC Connection 4.67
Samsung Spinpoint M6 HM500LI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 111.99 Amazon.com 4.46
Seagate Momentus 7200 FDE.2 ST9500421AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 119.02 PC Connection 4.20
Seagate Momentus ST905003N3A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 119.99 Amazon.com 4.17
Seagate Constellation ST9500530NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 199.99 Newegg.com 2.50
IBM 42D0752 SATA 7200 500 379.99 Newegg.com 1.32  

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2010-03-08 Amazon.com $79.99 -1.00
2010-03-08 Newegg.com $79.99 -10.00
2010-03-08 Amazon.com $80.99 +1.00
2010-03-08 Newegg.com $89.99 +20.00
2010-03-05 Newegg.com $69.99 -10.00
2010-03-02 Amazon.com $79.99 -4.00
2010-03-01 Newegg.com $79.99 -10.00
2010-02-28 Amazon.com $83.99 +7.25
2010-02-27 Newegg.com $89.99 +20.00
2010-02-25 ZipZoomfly.com $79.99 -10.00

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity500,107 MB
User Sectors Per Drive976,773,168
Capacity500 GB
Performance
Read Seek Time12.0 ms
Rotational Speed5,400 RPM (nominal)
Average Latency5.50 ms (nominal)
Track-To-Track Seek Time2.0 ms (average)
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)3 Gb/s (Max)
Buffer Size8 MB
Power
Standby0.25 Watts
Read/Write2.50 Watts
Sleep0.10 Watts
Idle0.85 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 026 dBA (average)
Idle Mode24 dBA (average)

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External links

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Reviews & Benchmarks

Tom's Hardware - Perfect Notebook Storage: Seven 2.5” 500 GB Drives - 2009-06-18
The Tech Report - Five 2.5-inch hard drives at 500GB - Take your half-terabyte to go - 2009-06-05
Silent PC Review - Momentus 5400.6 & Scorpio Blue: Seagate & WD 2.5" HDDs at 500GB - 2009-03-02
Tom's Hardware - Scorpio Blue: Big Notebook HDDs Go Mainstream : Squeezing 500 GB Onto Two Platters - 2009-01-06

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