Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD7500BPVT vs Comparable 2.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 4313: Western Digital WD7500BPVT
Size750 GB
Cache8 MB
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Warranty3 year
WD7500BPVT Reviews4
$ 109.99 + $6.29 shipping
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Toshiba MKxx59GSM Series MK1059GSM SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 1000 114.71 8.72
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
Hitachi 0J11563 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 3 109.82 6.83
Samsung Spinpoint M8 HN-M750MBB SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 109.99 6.82
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 5 157.75 4.75
Seagate Momentus XT ST750LX003 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 750 178.99 4.19

Price History

Recent Price Changes

2012-02-09 $98.58 -10.37
2012-02-07 $108.95 +1.00
2012-02-07 $107.95 +6.32
2012-02-02 $101.63 -2.16
2012-02-02 $103.79 +2.16
2012-01-31 $101.63 +17.91
2012-01-31 $83.72 -17.91
2012-01-31 $101.63 -2.16
2012-01-30 $103.79 +4.79
2012-01-30 $99.00 -9.49

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 Speed5,400 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
Standby0.20 Watts
Read/Write1.6 Watts
Sleep0.20 Watts
Idle0.65 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 025 dBA (average)
Idle Mode22 dBA (average)

External links

Western Digital WD7500BPVT Reviews & Benchmarks

StorageReview.com - Western Digital Scorpio Blue Review (750GB WD7500BPVT) - April 13, 2010

Other 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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