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WDME5000TE MyPassport 500GB User Reviews

Hard drive - 500 GB - internal - 3.5" - ATA-100 - 7200 rpm - buffer: 8 MB (pack of 20 ) More product details

WDME5000TE MyPassport 500GB
alaSCORE BETA 95

421 reviews

November, 2009

84 / 100

9 Experts

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90 / 100

412 Users

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alaTest collected and analyzed 3 user reviews of the WDME5000TE MyPassport 500GB from bestbuy.com. The average user rating from bestbuy.com is 100 out of 100.

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Best hard drive , Best buy

"I bought this hard drive for my PS3 and it is much faster and quiet than the HD it came with and with this baby I dont have worry about bigger games ...

Does exactly what it is supposed to do!

"I swapped this drive out with a Fujitsu 250gb HDD which was the stock drive in my Sony Vaio SZ notebook. My goal was ultimately to increase storage s...

Great!! Perfoms as advertised. Light and portable

"The unit works as advertised. I brought home the SEAGATE version of this which failed 30 seconds out of the box. I like the feedback provided by the ...

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100

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alaTest collected and analyzed 4 user reviews of the WDME5000TE MyPassport 500GB from maximumpc.com.

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i don't use non-7200 rpm

i don't use non-7200 rpm drives on notebooks so this would make a perfect external drive for backups and data transfer

Price: $109.99 at NewEgg

http://tinyurl.com/8rm8zl I'm sure there's other vendors out there that sell it, but I shop there 99% of the time.

SSD + HD...

now that's the ticket. I like the idea of smaller SSD that automatically backs up to a 500 GB HD. Acer Aspire 5610z,Vista HP, No problems with Vis...

maximumpc.com
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alaTest collected and analyzed 58 user reviews of the WDME5000TE MyPassport 500GB from newegg.com. The average user rating from newegg.com is 88 out of 100.

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PS3 Hard Drive

I want a 1TB Internal Hard Drive for the PS3.... when will my wishes be answered? Fit right in my PS3 no problem. Formatted it to FAT32 while in the ...

Disappointed!

I wanted to upgrade my notebook to a larger drive so after seeing the good reviews from this drive, I ordered it ; After installing drive in 2 differe...

excellent HD

none Reasonable cost, excellent performance for price, lower heat, lower power, but comparable to 7200 rpm at 5400 rpm none

Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT 500GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive - OEM

Leaves about 412gb of space for actual use on the PS3. Works great, installed with no problems in my PS3. Quiet and fast None

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alaTest collected and analyzed 102 user reviews of the WDME5000TE MyPassport 500GB from amazon.com. The average user rating from amazon.com is 90 out of 100.

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PS3 owners will enjoy the extra space

PS3 owners will enjoy the extra space No matter what version of the PS3 you buy, none of them offers the whooping 500 gb of space, and for the price o...

great for a macbook 13inch upgrade

great for a macbook 13inch upgrade This hard drive was a great purchase...heard lots of bad feed back about bad packaging..i have to disagree...only t...

Exactly what I needed

Exactly what I needed This WD drive was exactly what I needed for my wife's MacBook. I had no problems with the installation, formatting, and re-load...

I think it's fine? Noisy..

I think it's fine? Noisy.. I bought this drive as a size upgrade in my macbook pro. the first drive was dead on arrival. WD exchanged it. Got the ...

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alaTest collected and analyzed 116 user reviews of the WDME5000TE MyPassport 500GB from amazon.co.uk. The average user rating from amazon.co.uk is 88 out of 100.

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Great Hard Drive .... But!

Great Hard Drive .... But! Purchased this hard drive and installed it in my Dell Laptop, went into the Bios and it says 500gb however when I went to i...

Extra memory at a good price

Extra memory at a good price I bought this 320GB HD to replace the very full 80GB HD on one of my laptops. It arrived promptly, even though there was ...

Mixed feelings

Mixed feelings I have never had mixed feelings for an object before but this in no way means that this is a bad product. 500gb without a doubt is the ...

WD Scorpio Blue 500Gig HD

WD Scorpio Blue 500Gig HD Yep, it's in the playstation, has been for a month or so now and it's working just fine! I did need to have the lasted firm...

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