Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVE vs Comparable 2.5" PATA Hard Disks
Item 2027: Western Digital WD3200BEVE
Size320 GB
Cache8 MB
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfacePATA
Speed100 MB/s
Warranty3 year
$ 119.00
$ 119.99 + $7.28 shipping
Disk Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVE 8 320 3 119.00 2.69
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVERTL 8 320 3 249.88 1.28

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2012-04-30 $119.00 -13.17
2012-04-30 $132.17 -0.01
2012-04-28 $132.18 -0.01
2012-04-28 $132.19 -0.01
2012-04-28 $132.20 -0.06
2012-04-28 $132.26 +1.98
2012-04-27 $130.28 -1.96
2012-04-26 $132.24 +32.42
2012-04-26 $119.99 -10.00
2012-04-19 $99.82 -32.44

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfacePATA 100 MB/s
Formatted Capacity320,072 MB
User Sectors Per Drive625,142,448
Capacity320 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)600 Mb/s (Max)
Buffer Size8 MB
Power
Standby0.30 Watts
Read/Write2.50 Watts
Sleep0.30 Watts
Idle0.85 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 025 dBA (average)
Idle Mode22 dBA (average)

External links

Western Digital
http://www.wdc.com/
WD3200BEVE
http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...

Western Digital Scorpio Blue Reviews & Benchmarks

TweakTown - Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1TB 5400RPM Hard Drive Review - Nov. 24, 2011
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
TechwareLabs - Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1TB 2.5" hard disk drive review - Oct. 24, 2011
Tech ARP - Western Digital Scorpio Blue (WD10JPVT) 1 TB Hard Disk Drive Review - Sept. 14, 2011
Legit Reviews - WD Scorpio Blue 1TB Notebook Hard Drive Review - Aug. 17, 2011
Hot Hardware - A Terabyte For Notebooks: WD Scorpio Blue 1TB Drive - July 29, 2011
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 - Notebook Hard Drives: 750GB And 640GB Models Reviewed - July 1, 2010
X-bit labs - Roundup: 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drives with 500 GB, 640 GB and 750 GB Storage Capacities - June 16, 2010
Silent PC Review - Recommended Hard Drives - April 28, 2010
StorageReview.com - Western Digital Scorpio Blue Review (750GB WD7500BPVT) - April 13, 2010
Tom's Hardware - Laptop Storage: 640GB And 500GB Drives From WD And Fujitsu - Nov. 2, 2009
Tom's Hardware - Perfect Notebook Storage: Seven 2.5” 500 GB Drives - June 18, 2009
The Tech Report - Five 2.5-inch hard drives at 500GB - Take your half-terabyte to go - June 5, 2009
Silent PC Review - Momentus 5400.6 & Scorpio Blue: Seagate & WD 2.5" HDDs at 500GB - March 2, 2009
Tom's Hardware - Scorpio Blue: Big Notebook HDDs Go Mainstream : Squeezing 500 GB Onto Two Platters - Jan. 6, 2009
The Tech Report - Seven 2.5-inch mobile drives compared: Solid-state flash takes on the mechanical monarchy - July 14, 2008
Tom's Hardware - WD and Toshiba Join the 320 GB 2.5" HDD Club - Feb. 18, 2008
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
The Tech Report - Mobile ATA hard drives compared - We quantify the ultimate laptop upgrade - April 27, 2006

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