Customer Reviews

Western Digital 250 GB Scorpio Blue SATA 5400 RPM 8 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Notebook Hard Drive WD2500BEVS

5 star:		(44)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I got this to upgrade my PS3. It was E.Z.!

I now have HD videos stored on my main drive, with thumbnail previews.

One happy Geek here!

Turn your 40GB PS3 into a 250GB one for the same price as a 80GB..

Good hardrive... I bought it for my PS3 and it is working AWESOME! I had an original 60GB PS3. I was running out of space quick. I have a lot of my DVD collection on the PS3 for quick access and this gives me plenty more room.

I purchased this drive as an upgrade for my 40GB PlayStation 3. The upgrade went smoothly, and the PS3 had no trouble recognizing the drive.

When it is just spinning or idling, this drive is extremely quiet. When the drive seeks (reads/writes), you can just hear it. For most people this shouldn't be a problem, but if you demand absolute silence, you may want to look at a smaller drive.

Western Digital WD2500BEVS Scorpio 250 GB 2.5-inch SATA Hard Drive

This is an excellent hard drive and perfect for many applications. It can be installed in many laptop computers, some desktop computers with motherboards accepting SATA connections, and PS3 Sony Playstation computer Game Consoles. It is one of the largest that I know will work in the PS3, because I installed it without a hitch in my PS3. It as especially easy to install in under 3 minutes. NOW that is easy! My upgrade was on the 60Gb hard drive PS3 system with no problems. I could only find an upgrade to 120 GB hard drive information, so I set off on a Mission to determine just how large a drive I could install in my PS3. I determined that the criteria for selecting my WD-250 was based on the information at the bottom of this review. Also, I was also able to install an additional OS on the PS3 with the upgrade of the Scorpio WD hard drive by selecting a Linux OS. Now, thats way to kewl ! I can sit there and type away using it just like a laptop with my wireless keyboard. Thanks Western Digital for a quite, fast, easy to install hard drive.
Note: Please determine your specific needs for use in your computer or portable device before purchasing any new hard drives. The hardware must be compatible with the motherboard and Operating Systems on the equipment you are upgrading.

Interface: 1 x Serial ATA-150 (7 pin)
Rotational speed: 5,400 RPM
Buffer size: 8 MB
Read seek time: 12 milliseconds
Track-to-track seek time: 2.0 milliseconds
Transfer rates: 1.5 Gbps maximum

I originally upgraded a Toshiba Satellite with this drive. It seemed to work fine, but runs very hot and very loud. It was so loud I decided to swap it out for a Toshiba drive and use it just for backup. That's when I found that in three weeks this drive had already developed significant sector errors (normal cloning software failed). This probably also explains why the number of times I had to do multiple start-ups to get windows running seemed to have increased on this pc. In checking my files I had to recover quite a few from my backups. Now I am suspicious of it even as a backup. I would recommend the Toshiba drive instead. It runs cooler, quieter, and seems to create less errors.

It took about 5 minutes to double the storage space on my MacBook. So far the drive is fine, but I suppose that time is really the test.

The product arrived in a timely manner, and installation was very simple. I was replacing the small (80 gb) OEM hard drive in my Gateway laptop with this unit. Wishing to avoid all of the bloatware which came on the PC out of the box, I elected to do a clean installation of VISTA, which went very well. The hard drive seems a bit faster than the original, likely due to higher data density, since the drive speeds are about the same.

I recieved my WD Scorpio drive about a month ago. The installation in my MacBook was relatively painless (except for the fact that I needed a Torx screwdriver, thus requiring a trip to the hardware store). So far, the drive has performed quietly and quickly. So far, so good.

i used this drive to replace the one in my ps3. it works great and was a simple swap.

I bought this to upgrade my Macbook's HDD from 80GB to 250GB. The replacement process was quite easy and this drive works fine (so far - I've had it for about a month). it seems like a good value for the amount of storage you get, it's working fine and seems quite fast, and so overall I'm happy with it.