Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD1600BEVE vs Comparable 2.5" PATA Hard Disks
Item 1545: Western Digital WD1600BEVE
Size160 GB
Cache8 MB
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfacePATA
Speed100 MB/s
Warranty3 year
$ 99.99 + $7.28 shipping
Disk Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVE 8 250 3 99.99 2.50
Samsung Spinpoint M Series HM160HC 8 160 79.99 2.00
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD1600BEVE 8 160 3 99.99 1.60

Price History

Recent Price Changes

2012-02-02 $99.99 -0.01
2012-02-02 $100.00 +0.01
2012-01-28 $99.99 -0.01
2012-01-28 $100.00 +0.01
2012-01-21 $99.99 -0.01
2012-01-21 $100.00 +0.01
2012-01-11 $99.99 -4.96
2012-01-09 $104.95 +1.66
2012-01-04 $103.29 -1.66
2011-12-29 $104.95 -3.28

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfacePATA 100 MB/s
Formatted Capacity160,041 MB
Capacity160 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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