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| Brand | Western Digital |
| Item Weight | 154 g |
| Product Dimensions | 10 x 7 x 0.9 cm |
| Item model number | WD5000BPKT |
| Screen Size | 2.5 inches |
| Hard Drive Size | 500 GB |
| Wattage | 1 watts |
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| ASIN | B004LR1RPK |
| Best Sellers Rank | 1,190 in Computers & Accessories (See top 100) |
| Shipping Weight | 227 g |
| Date First Available | 1 Mar 2011 |
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WD 500Gb Hard Drive
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Western Digital Western Digital Scorpio Black 500GB 25 Internal Hard drive SATA 3Gbs SATA 2 16MB Cache WD5000BPKT Components Internal Hard Drives
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
I hesitantly purchased this hard drive after the one that originally came with my MacBook Pro failed. As with most people I put a lot of research in to selecting the perfect hard drive for my needs. I narrowed the list down to three and in the end settled for this drive due to the numerous negative reviews for the other two. After ordering the drive I found some more reviews that mentioned how in a MacBook pro this drive was noisy and would cause annoying vibrations.
You should definitely not trust all the reviews you read on the internet. This drive is definitely noisier than my old hitachi drive but not noticeably so, especially when you have some background noise or the fans up a bit higher. When I read other reviews I thought that this hard drive may have been significantly more noisy but that is definitely not the case. It is perfectly acceptable for a faster replacement drive. As for the vibrations, you can only feel them when you try and concentrate on them. Even then they are very very weak. Not even noticeable.
I was not too impressed by the packaging however. It came (with a cable that I had ordered) in a large box full of brown paper. Within that large box was a smaller box that contained the hard drive. The drive was supposed to be suspended between two plastic supports however when I opened the box I found it to be on the bottom of the box instead of in those supports. The hard drive works perfectly well however I do feel that it could have easily arrived damaged.
This is a great hard drive and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a faster, larger hard drive or even as a replacement for one of very similar specs.
You should definitely not trust all the reviews you read on the internet. This drive is definitely noisier than my old hitachi drive but not noticeably so, especially when you have some background noise or the fans up a bit higher. When I read other reviews I thought that this hard drive may have been significantly more noisy but that is definitely not the case. It is perfectly acceptable for a faster replacement drive. As for the vibrations, you can only feel them when you try and concentrate on them. Even then they are very very weak. Not even noticeable.
I was not too impressed by the packaging however. It came (with a cable that I had ordered) in a large box full of brown paper. Within that large box was a smaller box that contained the hard drive. The drive was supposed to be suspended between two plastic supports however when I opened the box I found it to be on the bottom of the box instead of in those supports. The hard drive works perfectly well however I do feel that it could have easily arrived damaged.
This is a great hard drive and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a faster, larger hard drive or even as a replacement for one of very similar specs.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By legend-ary!
Amazon Verified Purchase
Bought this to replace a damaged 5400RPM drive in my Toshiba Laptop. After installing this 7200RPM drive I have seen considerable improvement in boot up time, game load screens disappear quicker and files get copied faster.
Worthy investment and YES! it is a bit louder and runs slightly warmer but nothing alarming and the noise is easily suppressed by the laptop fan. So if you are worried about how hot it runs, how much it vibrates or how noisy it is, you shouldn't. It has given new life to my 2 year old laptop.
Go get it!
Worthy investment and YES! it is a bit louder and runs slightly warmer but nothing alarming and the noise is easily suppressed by the laptop fan. So if you are worried about how hot it runs, how much it vibrates or how noisy it is, you shouldn't. It has given new life to my 2 year old laptop.
Go get it!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Mr R K Grace
Amazon Verified Purchase
I really like this Hard Drive. It performs well, is quiet and installed easily enough. I would recommend you use only windows 7 or 8 to get the best out of this HHD. AAA+++
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Works great
Bought as a replacement for a failed laptop drive.
Windows installed really quickly and runs smoothly and reasonably quietly. Read more
Windows installed really quickly and runs smoothly and reasonably quietly. Read more
Published 1 day ago by Severian
5.0 out of 5 stars
WD Scorpio Black 500GB SATA
I purchased this following an unexpected hard drive crash of a Toshiba 1TB SATA HDD that ran at 5400 rpm. Read more
Published 6 days ago by hkmark
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Harddisk
I bought this drive as a replacement for a failing Toshiba laptop drive.
It was a little more expensive than some other brands but IMO it is worth the money! Read more
It was a little more expensive than some other brands but IMO it is worth the money! Read more
Published 7 days ago by Mac
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is ...
... a decent price and it has not let me down at any stage. I can wholeheartedly recommend this item to others ...
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Published 26 days ago by Fiona Ventura
5.0 out of 5 stars
Made a real difference
bought this to replace an 80Gb drive on a Dell laptop. Obviously the 500Gb capacity was the main feature I was looking for, but I deliberately looked for a drive with the faster... Read more
Published 1 month ago by A. Massey
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good
I've had it for a few weeks, it is noticeably faster than my previous 5400rpm SATA disk, nothing too exorbitant but it still made a difference in booting up. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Pedro Araújo
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Reliable
I put this in my own-build computer 8 months ago as a slave drive. It gets heavy daily use and has been very reliable.
Published 2 months ago by S. Panrucker
4.0 out of 5 stars
WD 2.5'' does not disappoints
I am a long time WD consumer (my 1st HDD was a WD in 1994) and i've tested a lot of their products, both for private use and in my profession. Read more
Published 2 months ago by ExNoR
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very good HDD
Very good value and very fast HDD, no issues setting up and you can see that is a 7200 RPM disk when you are installing windows.
Published 3 months ago by Rui Miguel da Rocha Silva Melo
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Good Drive
This works very well in my Dell D630. It is quiet and fast. As with all WD devices it is well made.
Published 3 months ago by J. Smith
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