Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD1200BEVE vs Comparable 2.5" PATA Hard Disks
Item 1530: Western Digital WD1200BEVE
Size120 GB
Cache8 MB
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfacePATA
Speed100 MB/s
Warranty3 year
Disk Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVE 8 320 3 119.00 2.69
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD1600BEVE 8 160 3 107.84 1.48
Fujitsu 2.5" IDE Ultra ATA MHV2120AH 8 120 89.00 1.35
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD1200BEVE 8 120 3 99.99 1.20

Price History

Recent Price Changes

2012-04-17 $99.99 +20.00
2012-04-10 $79.99 -10.00
2012-02-15 $89.99 -20.00
2011-10-28 $109.99 +10.00
2011-10-26 $99.99 +20.00
2011-10-20 $79.99 +15.00
2011-10-19 $64.99 +5.00
2011-07-28 $59.99 -5.00
2011-04-23 $64.99 -5.00
2011-04-06 $69.99 +10.00

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfacePATA 100 MB/s
Formatted Capacity120,034 MB
Capacity120 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)
Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk)421 Mb/s (Max)
Buffer Size8 MB
Power
Standby0.23 Watts
Read/Write2.50 Watts
Sleep0.19 Watts
Idle0.85 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 021 dBA (average)
Idle Mode20 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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