Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000LPVT (500 GB)

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Item 8409: Western Digital Blue 500 GB WD5000LPVT
BrandWestern Digital
FamilyScorpio Blue
PartWD5000LPVT
Size500 GB
Cache8 MB
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Warranty2 year
WD5000LPVT Reviews1
$ 41.99
$ 48.68
$ 59.99

The original

WD Blue drives are designed and manufactured with the proven technology found in WD’s original award-winning desktop and mobile hard drives.

NoTouch™ ramp load technology

The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.

Upgrading your drive is easy

Acronis® True Image™ WD Edition Software, available as a free download on the WD Support site, enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive. (wdc.com)

Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Samsung Spinpoint M8 ST1000LM024 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 1000 59.99 16.67
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD7500BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 3 53.34 14.06
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD6400BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 3 45.99 13.92
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT-FR SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 38.99 12.82
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 60.96 12.30
Western Digital WD5000BPVT/R SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 40.99 12.20
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000LPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 2 41.99 11.91
Western Digital WD5000BEKT/R SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 42.99 11.63
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD5000BPKT-FR SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 43.99 11.37
Hitachi Travelstar H2IK500854SP SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 500 44.82 11.16
Toshiba MK6459GSX SATA 5400 650 3 59.99 10.84
Seagate ST640LM000 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 59.99 10.67
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 49.90 10.02
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 50.61 9.88
Hitachi Travelstar 0S02858 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 51.63 9.68
Samsung Spinpoint M8 HN-M500MBB SATA 3 Gb/s 8 500 51.75 9.66
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 52.95 9.44
Hitachi 0J11561 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 53.99 9.26
Seagate Momentus ST905003N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 55.48 9.01
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD5000BPKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 5 55.89 8.95
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500423AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 57.99 8.62
Western Digital Blue WD5000LPVX SATA 6 Gb/s 5400 8 500 58.41 8.56
Hitachi Travelstar Z7K500 HTS725050A7E630 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 500 59.99 8.33
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD5000BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 5 61.99 8.07
Toshiba PH2050U-1I54 SATA 6 Gb/s 5400 8 500 62.69 7.98
Hitachi 0Y30055 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 68.98 7.25
Samsung HN-M101MBB SATA 3 Gb/s 8 500 69.35 7.21
Toshiba MK5059GSXP SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 69.95 7.15
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 69.99 7.14
Western Digital AV-25 WD5000BUCT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 16 500 3 69.99 7.14
Lenovo ThinkPad 43N3423 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 72.99 6.85
Seagate Momentus ST905003N3A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 73.22 6.83
Hitachi Travelstar 7K750 0J12281 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 73.99 6.76
Seagate ST500LM000 SATA 6 Gb/s 64 500 76.83 6.51
Toshiba MKxx76GSX Series MK5076GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 1 76.99 6.49
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 77.99 6.41
Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 HTS725050A9A364 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 3 79.00 6.33
Toshiba MKxx61GSYN Series MK5061GSYN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 3 79.99 6.25
Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM500JI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 99.00 5.05
Seagate Constellation ST9500530NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 5 110.71 4.52
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM501II SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 119.19 4.19
Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 HTS725032A9A364 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 3 119.50 4.18
Seagate Momentus XT STAN500100 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 5 119.99 4.17
HP Midline 507750-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 140.00 3.57
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 145.90 3.43
Seagate Momentus XT ST95005620AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 151.15 3.31
Western Digital Product Line:VelociRaptor WD5000BHTZ SATA 6 Gb/s 10000 64 500 5 159.99 3.13
Seagate Constellation.2 ST9500620NS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 500 161.65 3.09
Toshiba MK5059GSX SATA 500 3 163.95 3.05
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK5065GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 173.95 2.87
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 HM500JJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 179.95 2.78
Seagate Constellation.2 ST9500621NS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 500 187.41 2.67
Seagate Constellation.2 ST9500622NS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 500 214.06 2.34
IBM 42D0752 SATA 7200 500 399.00 1.25
Western Digital AV WD3200BVVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 0 3 54.99 0.00
Seagate Momentus Thin ST500LT012 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 16 0 52.99 0.00

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2013-05-21 $48.68 -0.02
2013-05-20 $48.70 -0.02
2013-05-17 $48.72 -0.02
2013-05-16 $48.74 -0.02
2013-05-15 $48.76 -0.02
2013-05-14 $59.99 -1.00
2013-05-14 $48.78 -0.02
2013-05-14 $48.80 -0.02
2013-05-13 $48.82 -0.02
2013-05-12 $48.84 -0.02

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity500,107 MB
Capacity500 GB
User Sectors Per Drive976,773,168
Performance
Rotational Speed5,400 RPM (nominal)
Buffer Size8 MB
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)3 Gb/s (Max)
Power
Read/Write1.4 Watts
Idle0.55 Watts
Standby0.13 Watts
Sleep0.13 Watts
Acoustics
Idle Mode17 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 022 dBA (average)
Physical
Height6.8 mm
Depth100.2 mm
Width69.85 mm
Weight0.09 kg

External links

Western Digital
http://www.wdc.com/
WD5000LPVT
http://www.wdc.com/global/p...

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