Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVT vs Comparable 2.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 1538: Western Digital WD2500BEVT
Size250 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/$)
Toshiba MK6465GSXW SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 59.99 10.67
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 37.99 6.58
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9320325AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 53.00 6.04
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 44.99 5.56
Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545032A7E380 (0J11283) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 59.99 5.33
Toshiba MK3265GSXW SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 59.99 5.33
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 3 60.00 5.33
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200LPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 61.39 5.21
Toshiba MKxx76GSX Series MK2576GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 1 48.99 5.10
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9250315AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 49.99 5.00
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST320LT022 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 2 64.49 4.96
Seagate Momentus ST90250N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 50.99 4.90
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 5 52.99 4.72
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK2565GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 52.99 4.72
Seagate ST9250421ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 250 61.99 4.03
Seagate Momentus Thin ST250LT003 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 16 250 62.59 3.99
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9250410AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 63.98 3.91
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WDBABB2500ANC-NRSN SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 63.99 3.91
Toshiba HDD2H84 SATA 5400 250 3 64.10 3.90
Western Digital AV-25 WD2500BUCT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 16 250 69.99 3.57
Toshiba MKxx52GSX Series MK2552GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 72.00 3.47
Toshiba MKxx61GSYN Series MK2561GSYN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 3 79.00 3.16
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST250LT020 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 79.99 3.13
Hitachi Travelstar Z7K320 HTE723225A7A364 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 3 84.99 2.94
Western Digital Scorpio WD2500BEVSRTL SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 106.99 2.34
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST250LT021 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 142.80 1.75
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 HM250HJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 150.00 1.67
HP Entry 460355-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 250 220.00 1.14
Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 0A56415 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 299.00 0.84

Price History

Recent Price Changes

2012-05-18 $66.40 +0.40
2012-05-18 $66.00 +1.00
2012-05-18 $65.00 +1.00
2012-05-14 $64.00 -10.04
2012-05-14 $74.04 +2.05
2012-05-14 $44.99 -1.00
2012-05-14 $71.99 +7.99
2012-05-11 $64.00 +3.15
2012-05-11 $60.85 -3.15
2012-05-10 $64.00 -2.42

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 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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