Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVT

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Item 1538: Western Digital WD2500BEVT
eCost.com
$ 48.99 + $ 9.99 shipping
PC Connection
$ 49.95 + $ 11.57 shipping
Amazon.com
$ 53.64
Newegg.com
$ 54.99 + $ 0.99 shipping
Size250 GB
Cache (MB)8
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B HTS545032B9A300 (0A57913) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 46.99 Newegg.com 6.81  
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 52.99 Amazon.com 6.04
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9320325AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 56.99 eCost.com 5.62
Fujitsu 2.5" SATA MJA2320BH-G2 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 59.99 Newegg.com 5.33  
Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS543232L9A300 (0A56417) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 59.99 Newegg.com 5.33  
Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM320II SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 59.99 Newegg.com 5.33  
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM321HI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 59.99 Amazon.com 5.33  
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9320423AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 59.99 Amazon.com 5.33
Toshiba MK3263GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 59.99 Newegg.com 5.33  
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 48.99 eCost.com 5.10
Seagate Momentus 7200.3 ST9320421AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 62.99 ZipZoomfly.com 5.08
Samsung Spinpoint M Series HM320JI SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 320 63.44 Amazon.com 5.04
Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 0A56415 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 49.99 eCost.com 5.00  
Seagate Momentus 5400.4 ST9250827AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 49.99 Newegg.com 5.00
Western Digital Scorpio WD2500BEVS SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 250 51.00 Amazon.com 4.90
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 67.49 ZipZoomfly.com 4.74
Western Digital Scorpio WD2500BEVSRTL SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 250 54.40 PC Connection 4.60
Toshiba MK2555GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 54.45 PC Connection 4.59  
Fujitsu 2.5" SATA MJA2250BH SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 54.99 Newegg.com 4.55  
Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B HTS545025B9A300 (0A57912) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 54.99 Newegg.com 4.55  
Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM250HI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 54.99 Newegg.com 4.55  
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9250315AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 54.99 Amazon.com 4.55
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9250410AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 55.86 Amazon.com 4.48
Fujitsu 2.5" SATA MHZ2250BH-G2 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 55.99 eCost.com 4.47  
Hitachi 0A57546 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 250 60.99 eCost.com 4.10  
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9250410ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 64.99 eCost.com 3.85
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 64.99 Amazon.com 3.85
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 64.99 Amazon.com 3.85
Samsung Spinpoint MP2 HM251JJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 68.99 eCost.com 3.62
Samsung Spinpoint M6 HM251JI SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 250 69.99 Amazon.com 3.57
Fujitsu 2.5" SATA MHZ2250BJ-G2 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 250 71.99 eCost.com 3.47  
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BJKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 74.99 Newegg.com 3.33
Seagate Momentus ST90250N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 76.72 PC Connection 3.26
Seagate Momentus 7200 FDE.2 ST9250411AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 79.99 Newegg.com 3.13
Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE.4 ST9250317AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 80.14 PC Connection 3.12
Toshiba MK2546GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 95.00 Amazon.com 2.63  
Samsung Spinpoint M Series HM250JI SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 250 114.99 Newegg.com 2.17

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2010-03-10 Amazon.com $53.64 +3.65
2010-03-09 Amazon.com $49.99 +1.06
2010-03-09 Amazon.com $48.93 -1.06
2010-03-08 eCost.com $48.99 +2.00
2010-03-08 Amazon.com $49.99 +1.06
2010-03-07 eCost.com $46.99 -1.00
2010-03-06 Amazon.com $48.93 -1.06
2010-03-04 eCost.com $47.99 +1.00
2010-03-03 Amazon.com $49.99 +1.06
2010-03-02 Amazon.com $48.93 -1.06

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)

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External links

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