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Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500GB Sata 8MB Cache 2.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive OEM - Sony Playstation PS3 Compatible
 
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Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500GB Sata 8MB Cache 2.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive OEM - Sony Playstation PS3 Compatible

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Product Specifications
Brand:Western Digital
Mfr Part Number:WD5000BEVT
Hard Drive Size:500 GB
Hard Drive Interface:Serial ATA
Hard Disk Rotational Speed:5400
Data Transfer Rate:300 megabytes_per_second
Buffer Size:8 MB

Technical Details

  • 500GB capacity ideal for an external drive or a notebook computer
  • WDs exclusive state-of-the-art WhisperDrive delivers one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market
  • Reliable and rugged drive
  • WD's ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks
  • WD's SecurePark gives you improved long-term reliability
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  • Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.9 cm ; 118 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 227 g
  • Item model number: WD5000BEVT
  • ASIN: B001JSSDGU
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 31 Oct 2008
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (264 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 104 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
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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.

Massive capacity - whether they are in an external drive or a notebook computer 500 GB WD Scorpio Blue 2.5-inch drives offer the most available capacity for space-hungry operating systems like Windows Vista plus plenty of room left over for photos music and video.

Quiet - in a notebook drive silence is golden. WDs exclusive WhisperDrive combines state-of-the-art seeking algorithms to yield one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market. These algorithms also optimize the way a drive seeks for data which significantly improves power consumption. So now silence (and longer battery life) is golden.

Reliable and rugged - WD's ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks. WD's SecurePark parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up spin down and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface resulting in improved long-term reliability due to less head wear and improved non-operational shock tolerance

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Lasted two hours.., 24 April 2009
This review is from: Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500GB Sata 8MB Cache 2.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive OEM - Sony Playstation PS3 Compatible (Electronics)
Well, it worked fine for two whole hours - nice and quiet - before starting to click and not working at all.

Now i know even the best manufacturers occasionally produce duds, and I hope my experience is exceptionable, which is why I'm giving three stars rather than one, but let the record state...
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars In a Macbook, 2 July 2009
By Mr. Ross Wilkinson "wilkiro" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Western Digital Scorpio Blue 320GB SATA 8MB Cache 2.5 inch Internal Hard Drive OEM - Sony Playstation PS3 Compatible (Electronics)
I used this drive for my Macbook and I have to say -so far- has proven to be very good.Because I fitted it into a Mac I needed to format the drive using Apple's disk utility before my computer could recognize the drive.
The drive is very quite and is much better than anything else that I have used.
For the money it is super value and a lot cheaper than buying an equivalent from APPLE.
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95 of 100 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars PS3 upgrade, 1 Jan 2009
By Mr. T. S. Bain (Hampshire UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Western Digital Scorpio Blue 320GB SATA 8MB Cache 2.5 inch Internal Hard Drive OEM - Sony Playstation PS3 Compatible (Electronics)
Works like a dream, I just cant Sony are making such an issue of selling the different versions of the ps3, especially the limited edition 160gb version.
Buy the cheapest and get this upgrade is my advice!!

Words of warning though!! get the correct screwdriver before you start(I have the draper expert number 1), the screws are insanely tight and are made of some of the softest materials man can buy!
Have a read up on Sonys site they have a forum and dozens of people have wrecked the screws! http://uk.playstation.com/ps3/

Use an external drive and backup everything in system settings, makes the whole process easier, saves you having to install every game again.

You may also need the newest update on a memorystick, currently version 2.53, needs to be in "PS3/UPDATE" (in caps) on the stick otherwise it wont see it, full instructions are on the sony site also!
I also checked out some upgrade videos on youtube, search "ps3 upgrade" easy.

Hope this helped. I'm over the moon with my system now, runs cooler than before and have started copying over all of media!
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5.0 out of 5 stars So far, so good
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I ordered this HD as a replacement for the 60GB original which came in my PS3. It arrived pretty quickly and was exactly as expected. Read more
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One issue to be aware of; If fitting in a mac, the drive settings need some... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Works perfertly in a PS3
Bought one of these to upgrade a 40GB PS3 (the older, fatter unit.)
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2.0 out of 5 stars Macbook compatibility issues!
I bought this drive to replace the stock 250GB in the new 13" Macbook Pro and have since reverted to the original and sold the Scorpio Blue. Read more
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