Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD7500KPVT vs Comparable 2.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 3694: Western Digital WD7500KPVT
Size750 GB
Cache8 MB
RPM5200
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 WD10TPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5200 8 1000 3 94.40 10.59
Toshiba MKxx59GSM Series MK1059GSM SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 1000 109.99 9.09
Toshiba MK7559GSXP SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 89.00 8.43
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD7500BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 3 101.63 7.38
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD10JPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 1000 137.80 7.26
Hitachi 0J11563 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 3 109.82 6.83
Samsung Spinpoint M8 HN-M750MBB SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 114.99 6.52
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD7500KPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5200 8 750 3 139.99 5.36
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD7500BPKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 750 5 159.07 4.71
Seagate Momentus XT ST750LX003 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 750 178.99 4.19

Price History

Recent Price Changes

2012-01-12 $139.99 +10.00
2012-01-11 $129.99 -9.78
2011-12-31 $139.77 +51.38
2011-12-29 $88.39 -51.38
2011-12-29 $139.77 +51.38
2011-12-27 $88.39 -51.38
2011-12-26 $139.77 +51.38
2011-12-21 $88.39 -15.60
2011-12-19 $103.99 -35.78
2011-12-18 $139.77 -0.22

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity750,156 MB
User Sectors Per Drive1,465,149,168
Capacity750 GB
Performance
Read Seek Time12.0 ms
Rotational Speed5,200 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 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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