Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT vs Comparable 2.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 3970: Western Digital WD5000BPVT
Size500 GB
Cache8 MB
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Warranty3 year
$ 99.99 + $7.28 shipping
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Toshiba MK7559GSXP SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 91.95 8.16
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD7500BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 3 98.58 7.61
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
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD6400BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 3 99.24 6.45
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
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 98.66 5.07
Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545050A7E380 (0J11285) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 99.99 5.00
Seagate Momentus ST905003N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 106.89 4.68
Western Digital AV-25 WD5000BUCT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 16 500 109.99 4.55
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM501II SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 109.99 4.55
Toshiba MKxx61GSYN Series MK5061GSYN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 3 114.99 4.35
Samsung HN-M101MBB SATA 3 Gb/s 8 500 114.99 4.35
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 HM500JJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 114.99 4.35
Hitachi Travelstar 7K750 0J12281 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 126.56 3.95
Seagate Momentus ST905003N3A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 129.99 3.85
Seagate Momentus XT ST95005620AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 131.84 3.79
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD5000BPKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 5 134.91 3.71
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 139.85 3.58
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 159.95 3.13
Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM500JI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 159.95 3.13
Seagate Momentus XT STAN500100 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 5 159.99 3.13
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK5065GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 179.95 2.78
IBM 42D0752 SATA 7200 500 300.00 1.67
HP Midline 507750-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 339.30 1.47

Price History

Recent Price Changes

2012-02-11 $84.99 -9.96
2012-02-07 $99.99 -5.00
2012-02-02 $94.95 +2.96
2012-02-02 $91.99 +0.42
2012-02-01 $91.57 +3.94
2012-01-30 $87.63 -5.01
2012-01-30 $92.64 +0.64
2012-01-30 $92.00 -0.64
2012-01-30 $92.64 -0.27
2012-01-27 $92.91 -1.49

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity500,107 MB
User Sectors Per Drive976,773,168
Capacity500 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 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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