Testseek.com have collected 16 expert reviews of the Western Digital Scorpio Black SATA300 WD-BEKT Series and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital Scorpio Black SATA300 WD-BEKT Series.
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In the performed tests, the Scorpio Black 500GB 2.5'' HDD from Western Digital performed faster than the 320GB version; in most benchmarks it was very close to the Hitachi 7K500-500, but there were also situations when it outperformed it with ease. Th...
Abstract: Western Digital’s drive has been on the market for a few months, which you can tell, given its maximum transfer rates. This slightly older design cannot keep pace with the Samsung and Seagate drives, although the difference is small enough to not have a serious impact on benchmark results. In fact, it’s WD’s WD5000BEKT that offe..
If you want a traditional 7200RPM Notebook hard drive the WD Scorpio Black 500GB drive offers a large storage space and the performance that users today demand at a great price point!...
Abstract: Technically, the 500 GB Western Digital Scorpio Black is very similar to the 320 GB Western Digital Scorpio Black. Both Scorpio Black drives use two platters spinning at 7,200 RPM and come with a 16 MB SDRAM buffer to speed things up. The only major c....
In reviewing the 500GB Scorpio Black, one question really matters: Is it faster than the 320GB version? The answer depends on what you’re asking the device to do. While the 500GB WD traded punches with its 320GB sibling in most of our tests, our propr...
Abstract: Video Review: Western Digital Scorpio Black 500GB 2.5" Hard Drive is a SATA II 2.5" HDD, but it has some impressive specs. It's 7,200 RPM, 16MB buffer size, very quiet, 500GB and very affordable. Also, when this drive is setup in a RAID 0 arrary it's b...
Excellent value for money, 7200rpm spin speed, quiet during operation
Slightly slow at transferring smaller files
The Western Digital Scorpio Black (WD5000BEKT) is a high-performance hard drive for data-hoarders on the go. It strikes a great balance between affordability, capacity and speedy read/write speeds...
Abstract: Western Digital’s drive has been on the market for a few months, which you can tell, given its maximum transfer rates. This slightly older design cannot keep pace with the Samsung and Seagate drives, although the difference is small enough to not have..
While the Western Digital Scorpio Black 500GB laptop drive may not reach the dizzying heights scaled by desktop HDDs, it still is a satisfying product for those who'd like more speed but don't want to buy SSDs which offer low storage capacity currentl...
