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/$)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 54.99 4.55
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
Toshiba MKxx76GSX Series MK2576GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 67.99 3.68
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 71.51 3.50
Toshiba MKxx52GSX Series MK2552GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 75.00 3.33
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WDBABB2500ANC-NRSN SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 75.00 3.33
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9250315AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 83.04 3.01
Seagate Momentus ST90250N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 84.00 2.98
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9250410AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 89.99 2.78
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 5 89.99 2.78
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM251HI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 89.99 2.78
Western Digital Scorpio WD2500BEVSRTL SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 89.99 2.78
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST250LT020 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 96.75 2.58
Seagate Momentus 7200 FDE.2 ST9250411AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 99.99 2.50
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK2565GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 159.99 1.56
HP Entry 460355-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 250 224.00 1.12

Price History

Recent Price Changes

2012-02-03 $54.99 -15.00
2012-02-03 $63.68 -9.43
2012-02-03 $73.11 +0.16
2012-02-02 $72.95 -0.16
2012-02-01 $73.11 +9.43
2012-02-01 $69.99 +15.00
2012-01-31 $63.68 -9.43
2012-01-31 $73.11 +9.43
2012-01-30 $63.68 -9.43
2012-01-30 $54.99 -12.00

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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