WDME5000TE MyPassport 500GB Reviews

Sometimes it's OK not to take the medal stand in the race to get a product out first. Take the case of Western Digital's new 5,400rpm Scorpio Blue 500GB notebook drive. It's the fourth 500GB mobile drive to hit the market, after Hitachi's Travelstar ...

Never run out of space on your notebook again

SSDs and 7,200rpm drives outrun it

The Scorpio did not disappoint-for what it is. While not capable of SSD speeds, it's quite fast for a notebook hard drive. We didn't have its contemporaries on hand, so we compared it to a 5,400rpm 320GB Samsung Spinpoint M6 and an older 7,200rpm ...

The Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500GB is a 500GB 2.5in laptop hard drive.

The Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500GB is a worthy replacement to a standard, smaller drive already in place in your laptop. While not quite as quick as a 7200rpm drive such as the Hitachi 7K320, it should be quick enough for most users, especially ...

Cost-effective, stays quiet and cool during operation, large storage capacity

Slightly slower read/write speed compared to competitors

If you want value for money and a low cost per gigabyte, then the Western Digital Scorpio Blue (WD5000BEVT) is probably the notebook hard drive for you. It may have a slightly slower read/write speed than competing drives, but it also provides the ...