Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT vs Comparable 2.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 1540: Western Digital WD2500BEKT
Size250 GB
Cache16 MB
RPM7200
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Warranty5 year
$ 85.95
$ 89.99 + $6.29 shipping
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Toshiba MK7559GSXP SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 89.00 8.43
Seagate Momentus ST9640322AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 84.99 7.53
Hitachi 0J11562 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 3 89.99 7.11
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD6400BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 3 99.24 6.45
Hitachi 0Y30055 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 79.99 6.25
Toshiba MKxx76GSX Series MK5076GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 82.95 6.03
Samsung Spinpoint M8 HN-M500MBB SATA 3 Gb/s 8 500 89.99 5.56
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 92.00 5.43
Toshiba HDD2H84 SATA 5400 250 3 46.99 5.32
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 94.95 5.27
Seagate Momentus ST905003N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 99.00 5.05
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 99.45 5.03
Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545050A7E380 (0J11285) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 99.99 5.00
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
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9320325AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 74.95 4.27
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9320423AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 76.49 4.18
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 3 77.95 4.11
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM321HI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 79.95 4.00
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 84.20 3.80
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK3265GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 85.00 3.76
Toshiba MKxx76GSX Series MK3276GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 3 85.00 3.76
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 66.81 3.74
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
Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545032A7E380 (0J11283) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 89.99 3.56
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9250315AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 74.99 3.33
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 ST320LT022 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 2 96.75 3.31
Seagate Momentus ST90250N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 78.00 3.21
Lenovo ThinkPad 43N3403 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 320 103.95 3.08
Toshiba MKxx76GSX Series MK2576GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 85.01 2.94
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 5 85.95 2.91
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9250410AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 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 16 250 121.48 2.06
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

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Recent Price Changes

2012-02-08 $85.95 -4.04
2012-02-07 $89.99 +7.04
2012-02-07 $82.95 -7.04
2012-02-05 $89.99 -16.00
2012-02-05 $105.99 +16.00
2012-02-02 $89.99 -10.00
2012-02-02 $89.99 +3.67
2012-02-02 $86.32 +9.12
2012-02-01 $77.20 +4.56
2012-02-01 $72.64 -4.56

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity250,059 MB
Capacity250 GB
Performance
Read Seek Time12.0 ms
Rotational Speed7,200 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 Size16 MB
Power
Standby0.25 Watts
Read/Write2.50 Watts
Sleep0.15 Watts
Idle0.85 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 025 dBA (average)
Idle Mode22 dBA (average)

External links

Western Digital
http://www.wdc.com/
WD2500BEKT
http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...

Western Digital Scorpio Black Reviews & Benchmarks

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
Legit Reviews - WD Scorpio Black 750GB Notebook Hard Drive Review - July 22, 2011
TweakTown - Western Digital Scorpio Black 750GB 2.5-inch Hard Drive Review - March 30, 2011
Tech ARP - Western Digital Scorpio Black (AFT) 750 GB Hard Disk Drive Review - March 25, 2011
techwarelabs.com - Western Digital Scorpio Black 2.5" laptop hard drive | TechwareLabs - Feb. 7, 2011
Tom's Hardware - Three 7200 RPM Notebook Hard Drives For 2011 : More Capacity, More Speed - Jan. 27, 2011
The Tech Report - Western Digital's Scorpio Black 750GB notebook hard drive - The best gets even better? - Jan. 20, 2011
The Tech Report - Notebook hard drives square off at 7,200 RPM - A step up in performance without losing capacity - Dec. 2, 2010
Legit Reviews - WD Scorpio Black 500GB Notebook Hard Drive Review - Sept. 27, 2010
Tech ARP - Western Digital Scorpio Black 500 GB Hard Disk Drive Review - Sept. 10, 2010
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 - Next-Gen 7,200 RPM Notebook Hard Drives : Notebook Hard Drives Reach 90 MB/s - Aug. 28, 2008
The Tech Report - Seven 2.5-inch mobile drives compared: Solid-state flash takes on the mechanical monarchy - July 14, 2008
Gizmodo - Lightning Review: Western Digital's 320GB 7200RPM Scorpio Black Laptop Drive - June 24, 2008

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