Western Digital WD 250GB 2.5" 5400RPM SATA Bulk/OEM Hard Drive WD2500BEVS

Amazon Customer Reviews

(5 out of 5)

Plug and Play

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..

(4 out of 5)

A lot of space for the laptop

I replaced the original 100 GB hard drive of my Dell Inspiron E1705 laptop because I needed more space to store large scans of botanical specimens. I have had an external drive attached the the laptop but I'd liked to travel without carrying an additional external drive.

The installation of the Western Digital drive was very easy, using the standard documentation of the Dell laptop. The whole process took less than 3 minutes. Formating the drive takes quite a while, using NTFS for Windows XP I got a formated capacity of 232 GB out of the drive, not the 250 GB gross but still not bad. I was expecting an notable performance increase over the old Samsung 100 GB drive, but the difference was not that notable.

I'm using the drive now for about an month without having problems, it's quite but not as quiete as the Samsung hard drive. Overall a good choise but I'm looking forward to get 2.5'' drives with over 400 GB capacity, I'm still short with the 250 GB.

(5 out of 5)

WD 250Gb 2.5-in SATA hard 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

(5 out of 5)

Great PS3 upgrade

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.

(5 out of 5)

Got it for my PS3

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.