Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVT

Comparable 2.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 1538: Western Digital WD2500BEVT
Size250 GB
Cache (MB)8
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
$ 39.64
$ 42.77
$ 42.95 + $5.79 shipping
$ 42.99 + $9.99 shipping
$ 46.99 + $0.99 shipping
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
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  
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 42.79 Amazon Marketplace 7.48
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 43.16 Amazon Marketplace 7.41
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9320325AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 46.63 Amazon Marketplace 6.86
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK3265GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 48.24 PC Connection 6.63
Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543232L9A300 (0A56417) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 49.99 Newegg.com 6.40  
Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM320II SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 49.99 ZipZoomfly.com 6.40
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM321HI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 49.99 Amazon.com 6.40  
Seagate Momentus 7200.3 ST9320421AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 49.99 Amazon Marketplace 6.40
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 39.64 Amazon Marketplace 6.31
Seagate Momentus ST90250N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 39.99 Amazon Marketplace 6.25
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9250315AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 39.99 Amazon Marketplace 6.25
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9320423AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 51.54 Amazon Marketplace 6.21
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9250410AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 40.88 Amazon Marketplace 6.12
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 41.80 Amazon Marketplace 5.98
Western Digital Scorpio WD2500BEVSRTL SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 250 42.94 Amazon Marketplace 5.82
Hitachi Travelstar 7K320 HTS723232L9A360 (0A57547) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 54.99 Newegg.com 5.82  
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 54.99 eCost.com 5.82
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVTRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 54.99 Newegg.com 5.82
Western Digital AV-25 WD3200BUDT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 32 320 54.99 Newegg.com 5.82
Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 0A56415 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 42.99 eCost.com 5.82  
Seagate Momentus 7200 ST9250412AS SATA 3 Gb/s 16 250 42.99 Amazon Marketplace 5.82
Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B HTS545025B9A300 (0A57912) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 44.99 Newegg.com 5.56  
Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM250HI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 44.99 Newegg.com 5.56
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM251HI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 44.99 Newegg.com 5.56  
Toshiba MJA2500BH Series MJA2250BH SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 44.99 Newegg.com 5.56
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK2565GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 44.99 Newegg.com 5.56
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9250410ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 49.89 Amazon Marketplace 5.01
Hitachi 0A57546 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 250 49.99 Newegg.com 5.00  
Western Digital AV-25 WD2500BUDT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 32 250 49.99 Newegg.com 5.00
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 50.00 Amazon Marketplace 5.00
Hitachi Travelstar 0S00152 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 250 52.18 Buy.com 4.79  
Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B 0A70392 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 59.99 Newegg.com 4.17  
Seagate Momentus Thin ST92503010AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 59.99 Newegg.com 4.17  
Toshiba MKxx52GSX Series MK2552GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 64.00 Amazon Marketplace 3.91
Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE.4 ST9250317AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 64.99 Newegg.com 3.85
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BJKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 64.99 Newegg.com 3.85
Lenovo ThinkPad 43R8152 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 250 66.72 Amazon Marketplace 3.75  
Toshiba MKxx56GSY Series MK2556GSY SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 69.99 Newegg.com 3.57
Seagate Momentus 7200 FDE.2 ST9250411AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 71.99 eCost.com 3.47
Lenovo ThinkPad FDE Series 43N3410 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 7200 250 95.95 Amazon Marketplace 2.61  
Seagate Momentus XT ST92505610AS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 250 99.44 Amazon Marketplace 2.51
HP Entry 460355-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 250 262.99 Buy.com 0.95  

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2010-09-02 Amazon.com $42.77 -0.95
2010-09-02 eCost.com $42.99 +2.00
2010-08-31 Amazon.com $43.72 +0.95
2010-08-30 Amazon Marketplace $39.64 -0.94
2010-08-30 eCost.com $40.99 -2.00
2010-08-28 eCost.com $42.99 +2.00
2010-08-26 eCost.com $40.99 -2.00
2010-08-25 eCost.com $42.99 +2.00
2010-08-24 Amazon.com $42.77 -0.60
2010-08-24 Amazon Marketplace $40.58 -0.51

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity250,059 MB
User Sectors Per Drive488,397,168
Capacity250 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/
WD2500BEVT
http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...

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