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Seagate DiamondMax Plus 10 (80 GB)

Seagate DiamondMax® Plus 10 80 GB SATA Hard Drive

Western Digital Scorpio WD2500BEVS (250 GB)

Western Digital Scorpio (WD2500BEVS) 250 GB SATA Hard Drive (Retail Version)

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Product Description
Serial ATA drives are based on an integrated, single-chip native SATA solution, DiamondMax 10 drives feature native command queuing along with the company's exclusive dual-processor... More
Serial ATA drives are based on an integrated, single-chip native SATA solution, DiamondMax 10 drives feature native command queuing along with the company's exclusive dual-processor technology and large buffers to deliver unparalleled speeds compared to traditional drives in their class. This unique set of features combined with Maxtor's latest firmware technology, allows the drive to self-balance its workloads for a more efficient hard drive operation. With DiamondMax 10 hard drive-enabled systems, consumers can easily run multiple applications, such as games and music, at the same time without overwhelming the PC. Designed for multimedia PC users, graphic artists, system integrators and white box builders, the 7200 RPM DiamondMax 10 drives are offered in capacities of up to 300GB and are ideal for performance desktop computing storing high-resolution images, multimedia content, and personal and business information. Less
WD Scorpio Blue drives offer high-performance, low power consumption, and cool operation, perfect for notebooks and other portable devices. Pick the drive that suits your needs with the... More
WD Scorpio Blue drives offer high-performance, low power consumption, and cool operation, perfect for notebooks and other portable devices. Pick the drive that suits your needs with the confidence in knowing that all WD Scorpio Blue drives are built to the highest standards of quality and reliability. Less
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Key Features   
HDD Form Factor   3.5' x 1/3H (Low Profile) 2.5'
Capacity 80 GB 250 GB
Designation   Desktop Computer Laptop Computer
Interface Serial ATA Serial ATA
Enclosure   Internal Internal
Spindle Speed   7200 RPM 5400 RPM
Technical Features   
External Data Transfer Rate   150 MBps -
Seek Time   9 ms -
Special Features S.M.A.R.T Technology -
Average Latency 4.17 ms 5.56 ms
Sound Emission 32 dB -
Interface (Detailed)   Serial ATA Serial ATA
Buffer Size 8 MB 8 MB
Other Features   
Platform   PC -
Brand Seagate Western Digital
Package Qty. 1 1
Dimensions   
Height 1.03 in. 0.37 in.
Depth 5.79 in. 3.94 in.
Width 4 in. 2.75 in.
Weight 1.39 lb. 0.26 lb.
Warranty   
Warranty 3 Years 3 Years
Miscellaneous   
Product ID 26055150 44484659
UPC 2000011010645 718037122076
Release Date August, 2004 -
Product MPN   
MPN 6L080M0 WD2500BEVSRTL
 
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Seagate DiamondMax Plus 10 (80 GB)
Seagate DiamondMax® Plus 10 80 GB SATA Hard Drive
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Western Digital Scorpio WD2500BEVS (250 GB)
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Consumer Reviews

dragon1
65

What is S-ATA??

bydragon1 Dec 13, 2005
20 Helpfuls 21 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Easy setup-fast-cutting edge technology
Cons Only one harddrive per cable
Recommended it? Yes

What are the Harddrive Interfaces

When I started building my own pc's the fastest ata(IDE) was 33MB/s. This was about 1986/87 . Of course the actual transfer rate was about 10 to 25 % slower than the maximum at the time and still is. This includes the 66/100/133 MB/s bandwidth available... Read full review »

rgathright
550

One year later: Fast And Dependable

byrgathright Sep 29, 2006
18 Helpfuls 19 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros 1) MTBF is very low 2) NCQ and small platters. 3) Low heat.
Cons 1) Size
Recommended it? Yes

I have been using four of these drives in about 3 different SATA raid configurations for a year now. I have tested them on AMD to Intel boxes in Windows and Linux with no problems. They are very quiet and quite fast. With all four spinning the sound of the cpu fan is still louder!

For... Read full review »

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Consumer Reviews

95

The highest capacity SATA drive you can install in your laptop - for now.

bydnhoshor Dec 12, 2007
8 Helpfuls 9 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Huge capacity for a laptop, quiet
Cons none
Recommended it? Yes

I installed the Western Digital Scorpio WD2500BEVS SATA hard drive in my MacBook computer about three months ago and tripled the amount of storage I have available. With its Serial ATA (SATA) interface, it's very simple to replace a hard drive. There are no jumpers to set, and you just have to... Read full review »

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