WD3200BEVT Scorpio Blue Set 1 Expert Reviews

Western Digital goes dual across the board; 2TB, two controllers and even two drives. Introduction

Western Digital was able to improve on their original 2TB consumer drive and produced an enterprise drive that is packed full of advanced technology that improves the performance for the enterprise market. As we saw today the RE4-GP really shines ...

HDD. We received the new 10,000RPM 300GB hard drive and immediately began testing on it

we received was sent with a very nice care package from Western Digital, and we appreciated it a lot. It was a pre-release and had an "engineering sample" sticker on it. Immediately after installing Windows Vista 32-bit, the drive started clicking ...

, which focuses on power management in addition to capacity. So does this new incarnation have what it takes to satisfy our data pack rat needs? Read on to find out

- WD has reduced power consumption by up to 40 percent compared to standard desktop drives with the combination of WD's IntelliSeek, NoTouch, and IntelliPower technologies

SSDs might be the next big thing, but Western Digital has the notebook drive for today. Introduction

Many enthusiasts are turning to notebooks for their portability and high performance. As prices drop on high performance models like my Lenovo T61p, more power users will look for a base model that can be easily upgraded with aftermarket parts. One of ...

WD Scorpio delivers best-in-class performance with power requirements comparable to much slower drives. In addition, you'll get the quietest 2.5-inch drive on the market, and the one...

The Western Digital My Passport Studio is a portable hard drive tailor-made for Mac users, particularly those with MacBooks running OS X Leopard.

Speedy portable drive. Drive capacity indicator. Protected I/O ports. Both FireWire 400 and USB 2.0. Preformatted for Mac OS X. Works with Time Machine backup.

Capacity indicator requires utility installation. Mac OS X (10.4) Tiger users will need a separate backup utility.

If you were thinking of getting the WD My Passport Elite but have a Mac, get the My Passport Studio instead. It works better with Macsparticularly those running OS X Leopardand has FireWire to boot (pun intended).

Western Digital's latest installment of the Scorpio series drives is a great addition, especially for those looking for larger capacities for single drive situations like Notebooks. If you want to set up larger capacity RAID arrays in small form ...

"The WD Scorpio 320GB 2.5" HDD drive's interface is SATA 3 Gb/s (Gigabits per second), has a capacity of 320GBs, a rotation speed of 5,400 RPMs, a 8MB buffer size, the Read Seek Time is 12ms, power consumption is 2.5W while being accessed and only 2W ...

Stable, Performs well, Reliable, Great Heatspreader

Pricey, Timing could be better

I've tested Super Talent memory in the past and been pleased. Their latest ProjectX DDR3 PC3-14400 Memory product is really fast memory with a decent timing of 7-7-7-21. Although this memory timing is still a slow when compared to DDR2, it's great ...

In this age of digital movies, music and pictures it can be very easy to fill up a hard disk. With the My Passport Studio 320GB from Western Digital, you have a cost-effective hard drive thats attractive and fast due to its Firewire connection. We ...

Attractive design, ships formatted for Mac, bus-powered, capacity gauge

Proprietary FireWire cable, no software bundle

Western Digital's My Passport Studio is a portable hard drive that's bus powered - it doesn't include a power adaptor. The drive ships in a Mac-friendly format and works with Time Machine, Leopard's built-in backup utility.