Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT

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Item 1547: Western Digital WD5000BEVT
Size500 GB
Cache (MB)8
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
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Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B HTS545050B9A300 (0A57915) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 49.99 Newegg.com 10.00  
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 51.98 Amazon Marketplace 9.62
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 57.35 PC Connection 8.72
Seagate Momentus 5400 ST9500327AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 57.99 Amazon Marketplace 8.62
Hitachi Travelstar HD20500 IDK/5K SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 500 58.99 Amazon Marketplace 8.48  
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 59.99 Amazon.com 8.33
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 59.99 Newegg.com 8.33
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK5065GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 59.99 Newegg.com 8.33
Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM500JI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 62.75 Amazon Marketplace 7.97
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 62.78 Amazon Marketplace 7.96
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVTRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 64.46 Amazon Marketplace 7.76
Western Digital AV-25 WD5000BUDT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 32 500 64.99 Newegg.com 7.69
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 69.99 Amazon.com 7.14
Seagate Momentus ST905003N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 72.99 Amazon Marketplace 6.85
Hitachi Travelstar 0S02858 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 74.24 Buy.com 6.73  
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD5000BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 74.50 Amazon Marketplace 6.71
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 HM500JJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 74.99 Newegg.com 6.67  
Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 HD20500 IDK/7K SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 79.99 Amazon Marketplace 6.25  
Toshiba MJA2500BH Series MJA2500BH SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 86.24 Buy.com 5.80
Fujitsu 2.5" SATA MJA2500BH-G2 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 89.99 eCost.com 5.56  
Seagate Momentus ST905003N3A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 89.99 Amazon.com 5.56
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM501II SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 92.90 Amazon Marketplace 5.38  
Seagate Momentus 7200 FDE.2 ST9500421AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 93.05 PC Connection 5.37
Toshiba MKxx56GSY Series MK5056GSY SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 94.99 Newegg.com 5.26
Seagate Momentus XT ST95005620AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 129.99 Amazon.com 3.85  
Lenovo ThinkPad 43N3423 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 144.99 Newegg.com 3.45  
Seagate Constellation ST9500530NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 182.99 eCost.com 2.73
HP Midline 507750-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 261.98 Amazon Marketplace 1.91  
IBM 42D0752 SATA 7200 500 403.24 Amazon Marketplace 1.24  

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2010-09-02 Amazon.com $54.99 +3.00
2010-08-30 Amazon Marketplace $51.98 -4.01
2010-08-30 eCost.com $60.99 +1.00
2010-08-28 Amazon Marketplace $55.99 +4.01
2010-08-28 Newegg.com $59.99 +8.00
2010-08-26 eCost.com $59.99 -1.00
2010-08-26 Amazon Marketplace $51.98 -3.01
2010-08-25 Amazon.com $51.99 -6.73
2010-08-25 Newegg.com $51.99 -8.00
2010-08-24 Amazon.com $58.72 -0.11

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)

External links

Western Digital
http://www.wdc.com/
WD5000BEVT
http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...

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Reviews & Benchmarks

X-bit labs - Roundup: 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drives with 500 GB, 640 GB and 750 GB Storage Capacities - 2010-06-16
Silent PC Review - Recommended Hard Drives - 2010-04-28
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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Tom's Hardware - Laptop Storage: 640GB And 500GB Drives From WD And Fujitsu - 2009-11-02
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Tom's Hardware - WD and Toshiba Join the 320 GB 2.5" HDD Club - 2008-02-18
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Tom's Hardware - WD Brings 250 GB HDDs to Notebooks - 2007-06-04
StorageReview - 160 GB Notebook Drive Roundup - 2007-06-04
Silent PC Review - Western Digital Scorpio: Another Quiet Notebook Drive - 2006-07-03
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