Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD10TPVT vs Comparable 2.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 3704: Western Digital WD10TPVT
Size1000 GB
Cache8 MB
RPM5200
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Warranty3 year
$ 139.99 + $7.28 shipping
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
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
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD10JPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 1000 137.80 7.26
Seagate Constellation.2 ST91000640NS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 819.95 1.22

Price History

Recent Price Changes

2012-02-05 $94.40 -37.57
2012-02-03 $131.97 +1.98
2012-02-03 $129.99 -1.98
2012-02-02 $131.97 +0.17
2012-01-31 $131.80 +0.13
2012-01-31 $131.67 -0.30
2012-01-31 $131.97 -0.89
2012-01-30 $132.86 -2.59
2012-01-30 $135.45 -4.54
2012-01-23 $139.99 +2.11

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity1,000,204 MB
User Sectors Per Drive1,953,525,168
Capacity1 TB
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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