Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BPVT vs Comparable 2.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 3973: Western Digital WD3200BPVT
Size320 GB
Cache8 MB
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Warranty3 year
$ 89.99 + $6.29 shipping
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
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
Western Digital AV-25 WD3200BUDT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 32 320 3 64.40 4.97
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 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
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST320LT022 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 2 96.75 3.31
Lenovo ThinkPad 43N3403 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 320 103.95 3.08
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 5 109.99 2.91
Lenovo ThinkPad 43N3411 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 7200 320 124.95 2.56
Seagate Momentus XT ST93205620AS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 320 125.79 2.54
Seagate Momentus ST903203N1A2AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 129.75 2.47
Toshiba MKxx52GSX Series MK3252GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 139.95 2.29
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM321HI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 159.95 2.00
HP AS282AA#ABA SATA 7200 320 313.00 1.02

Price History

Recent Price Changes

2012-02-06 $89.99 +15.00
2012-02-06 $73.99 -5.01
2012-02-06 $79.00 +5.01
2012-02-05 $73.99 -5.14
2012-02-03 $79.13 +5.14
2012-02-02 $74.99 -10.00
2012-02-02 $73.99 -1.00
2012-02-01 $84.99 -10.00
2012-01-31 $94.99 -10.00
2012-01-31 $74.99 -3.96

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/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)
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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