Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVTRTL vs Comparable 2.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 1521: Western Digital WD3200BEVTRTL
Size320 GB
Cache8 MB
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Warranty3 year
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 3 73.99 4.32
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 3 74.00 4.32
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9320325AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 74.95 4.27
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM321HI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 79.95 4.00
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9320423AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 81.89 3.91
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST320LT022 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 2 82.93 3.86
Western Digital AV-25 WD3200BUCT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 16 320 83.75 3.82
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WDBABC3200ANC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 3 84.50 3.79
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK3265GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 85.00 3.76
Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545032A7E380 (0J11283) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 89.99 3.56
Hitachi Travelstar Z5K320 HTS543232A7A384 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 3 89.99 3.56
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 HM320HJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 89.99 3.56
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 5 99.99 3.20
Lenovo ThinkPad 43N3403 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 320 103.95 3.08
Toshiba MKxx76GSX Series MK3276GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 3 109.99 2.91
Lenovo ThinkPad 43N3411 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 7200 320 124.95 2.56
Seagate Momentus XT ST93205620AS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 320 126.53 2.53
Seagate Momentus ST903203N1A2AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 129.75 2.47
Toshiba MKxx52GSX Series MK3252GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 139.95 2.29
Seagate Momentus ST903203N3A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 149.90 2.13
HP AS282AA#ABA SATA 7200 320 313.00 1.02
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVTRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 3 0.00

Manufacturer's Specs

Performance
Read Seek Time12.0 ms
Track-To-Track Seek Time2.0 ms (average)
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)3 Gb/s (Max)
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/
WD3200BEVTRTL
http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...

Western Digital Scorpio Blue Reviews & Benchmarks

TweakTown - Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1TB 5400RPM Hard Drive Review - Nov. 24, 2011
Silent PC Review - WD Scorpio Black 750GB & Scorpio Blue 1TB - Nov. 8, 2011
Tom's Hardware - Six 2.5” High-Capacity Notebook Hard Drives - Nov. 3, 2011
TechwareLabs - Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1TB 2.5" hard disk drive review - Oct. 24, 2011
Tech ARP - Western Digital Scorpio Blue (WD10JPVT) 1 TB Hard Disk Drive Review - Sept. 14, 2011
Legit Reviews - WD Scorpio Blue 1TB Notebook Hard Drive Review - Aug. 17, 2011
Hot Hardware - A Terabyte For Notebooks: WD Scorpio Blue 1TB Drive - July 29, 2011
The Tech Report - Today's solid-state drives: The value perspective - Quantifying the value of today's SSD goodness - July 6, 2010
Tom's Hardware - Notebook Hard Drives: 750GB And 640GB Models Reviewed - July 1, 2010
X-bit labs - Roundup: 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drives with 500 GB, 640 GB and 750 GB Storage Capacities - June 16, 2010
Silent PC Review - Recommended Hard Drives - April 28, 2010
StorageReview.com - Western Digital Scorpio Blue Review (750GB WD7500BPVT) - April 13, 2010
Tom's Hardware - Laptop Storage: 640GB And 500GB Drives From WD And Fujitsu - Nov. 2, 2009
Tom's Hardware - Perfect Notebook Storage: Seven 2.5” 500 GB Drives - June 18, 2009
The Tech Report - Five 2.5-inch hard drives at 500GB - Take your half-terabyte to go - June 5, 2009
Silent PC Review - Momentus 5400.6 & Scorpio Blue: Seagate & WD 2.5" HDDs at 500GB - March 2, 2009
Tom's Hardware - Scorpio Blue: Big Notebook HDDs Go Mainstream : Squeezing 500 GB Onto Two Platters - Jan. 6, 2009
The Tech Report - Seven 2.5-inch mobile drives compared: Solid-state flash takes on the mechanical monarchy - July 14, 2008
Tom's Hardware - WD and Toshiba Join the 320 GB 2.5" HDD Club - Feb. 18, 2008
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
The Tech Report - Mobile ATA hard drives compared - We quantify the ultimate laptop upgrade - April 27, 2006

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