Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BPVT vs Comparable 2.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 3969: Western Digital WD2500BPVT
Size250 GB
Cache8 MB
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Warranty3 year
$ 73.11
$ 79.99 + $7.28 shipping
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Toshiba MK7559GSXP SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 91.95 8.16
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
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
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 84.99 5.88
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 AV-25 WD3200BUDT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 32 320 3 64.40 4.97
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 75.44 4.24
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 79.16 4.04
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 AV-25 WD3200BUCT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 16 320 85.23 3.75
Seagate Momentus ST90250N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 68.60 3.64
Seagate Momentus ST903203N3A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 89.95 3.56
Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545032A7E380 (0J11283) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 89.99 3.56
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
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 73.11 3.42
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
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 5 89.95 2.78
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 8 250 154.99 1.61
HP Entry 460355-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 250 224.00 1.12

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2012-02-10 $73.11 +8.70
2012-02-10 $64.41 +0.73
2012-02-09 $63.68 -3.13
2012-02-08 $66.81 +6.82
2012-02-08 $59.99 -6.82
2012-02-08 $66.81 +6.82
2012-02-08 $59.99 -6.82
2012-02-08 $66.81 +6.82
2012-02-07 $59.99 -6.82
2012-02-07 $66.81 -4.70

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity250,059 MB
User Sectors Per Drive488,397,168
Capacity250 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)
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
http://www.wdc.com/
WD2500BPVT
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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