Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD1600BEVS vs Comparable 2.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 122: Western Digital WD1600BEVS
Size160 GB
Cache8 MB
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed1.5 Gb/s
Warranty3 year
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD1600BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 160 3 61.46 2.60
Toshiba HDD2J96 SATA 5400 160 62.26 2.57
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD1600BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 160 3 69.95 2.29
Lenovo ThinkPad 41N5692 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 160 72.45 2.21
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD1600BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 160 5 74.95 2.13
Seagate Momentus 5400.4 ST9160827AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 160 75.00 2.13
Toshiba MKxx56GSY Series MK1656GSY SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 160 76.67 2.09
Western Digital AV-25 WD1600BUDT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 32 160 3 79.99 2.00
Lenovo ThinkPad 41N5737 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 7200 160 79.99 2.00
Samsung HN-M160MBB SATA 3 Gb/s 8 160 79.99 2.00
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9160314AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 160 79.99 2.00
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK1665GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 160 109.99 1.45
Toshiba MKxx52GSX Series MK1652GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 160 119.95 1.33
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9160412AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 160 129.99 1.23
Seagate Momentus 5400.3 ST9160821AS SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 160 149.95 1.07
Seagate Momentus 7200.2 ST9160823ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 160 174.87 0.91
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9160412ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 160 3 189.95 0.84
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD1600BEVS SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 160 3 0.00

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 1.5 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity160,041 MB
Capacity160 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)1.5 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 Scorpio Blue Reviews & Benchmarks

TweakTown - Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1TB 5400RPM Hard Drive Review - Nov. 24, 2011
Legit Reviews - WD Scorpio Blue 1TB Notebook Hard Drive Review - Aug. 17, 2011
StorageReview - Western Digital Scorpio WD2500BEVS - June 11, 2007
Tom's Hardware - WD Brings 250 GB HDDs to Notebooks - June 4, 2007
StorageReview - 160 GB Notebook Drive Roundup - June 4, 2007
Silent PC Review - Western Digital Scorpio: Another Quiet Notebook Drive - July 3, 2006

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