Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVTRTL

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Item 1534: Western Digital WD5000BEVTRTL
Size500 GB
Cache (MB)8
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
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Disk RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT 5400 8 500 48.90 Amazon Marketplace 10.22
Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B HTS545050B9A300 (0A57915) 5400 8 500 49.99 Newegg.com 10.00  
Seagate Momentus 5400 ST9640320AS 5400 8 640 64.99 Amazon.com 9.85
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT 5400 8 500 57.35 PC Connection 8.72
Seagate Momentus 5400 ST9500327AS 5400 8 500 57.99 Amazon Marketplace 8.62
Hitachi Travelstar HD20500 IDK/5K 5400 500 58.99 Amazon Marketplace 8.48  
Hitachi Travelstar H2IK500854SP 5400 500 59.99 Newegg.com 8.33  
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325AS 5400 8 500 59.99 Amazon.com 8.33
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325ASG 5400 8 500 59.99 Newegg.com 8.33
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS 7200 16 500 59.99 Newegg.com 8.33
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420ASG 7200 16 500 59.99 Amazon.com 8.33
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK5065GSX 5400 8 500 59.99 Newegg.com 8.33
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVTRTL 5400 8 500 59.99 Newegg.com 8.33
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD6400BPVT 5400 8 640 79.06 Amazon Marketplace 8.10
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM641JI 5400 8 640 79.99 Newegg.com 8.00
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK6465GSX 5400 8 640 79.99 Newegg.com 8.00
Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM500JI 5400 8 500 63.90 Amazon Marketplace 7.82
Western Digital AV-25 WD5000BUDT 5400 32 500 64.99 Newegg.com 7.69
Hitachi Travelstar 0S02858 7200 500 69.98 Amazon Marketplace 7.14  
Seagate Momentus ST905003N1A1AS-RK 5400 8 500 71.85 Amazon Marketplace 6.96
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD5000BEKT 7200 16 500 72.36 Amazon Marketplace 6.91
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 HM500JJ 7200 16 500 74.99 Newegg.com 6.67
Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 HD20500 IDK/7K 7200 500 79.99 Amazon Marketplace 6.25  
Toshiba MJA2500BH Series MJA2500BH 5400 8 500 86.24 Buy.com 5.80
Fujitsu 2.5" SATA MJA2500BH-G2 5400 8 500 89.99 eCost.com 5.56  
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 HM640JJ 7200 16 500 89.99 Newegg.com 5.56
Seagate Momentus ST905003N3A1AS-RK 7200 16 500 89.99 Amazon.com 5.56
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM501II 5400 8 500 92.90 Amazon Marketplace 5.38  
Seagate Momentus 7200 FDE.2 ST9500421AS 7200 16 500 93.05 PC Connection 5.37
Toshiba MKxx56GSY Series MK5056GSY 7200 16 500 94.99 Newegg.com 5.26
Seagate Momentus XT ST95005620AS 7200 32 500 129.99 Amazon.com 3.85  
Lenovo ThinkPad 43N3423 7200 16 500 144.99 Newegg.com 3.45  
Seagate Constellation ST9500530NS 7200 32 500 182.99 eCost.com 2.73
HP Midline 507750-B21 7200 500 254.99 Amazon Marketplace 1.96  

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2010-09-09 Newegg.com $59.99 -10.00
2010-08-31 eCost.com $68.99 -1.00
2010-08-20 Amazon.com $69.00 -10.00
2010-08-20 Amazon Marketplace $64.46 -0.53
2010-08-19 Amazon Marketplace $64.99 +0.53
2010-08-18 Amazon.com $79.00 +10.00
2010-08-14 eCost.com $69.99 +3.00
2010-08-12 eCost.com $66.99 -12.00
2010-08-12 Amazon Marketplace $64.46 +2.45
2010-08-10 Amazon Marketplace $62.01 -1.37

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/
WD5000BEVTRTL
http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...

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