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WD Scorpio Black 7200 RPM SATA 2.5-inch hard drives from Western Digital combine a lightning-fast 7200 RPM spin speed with a SATA 3 Gb/s interface and 16 MB cache to deliver desktop-class performance. With 5400 RPM-equivalent power consumption there is no compromise in battery life. In addition, WD Scorpio Black hard drives are designed with ruggedness, reliability, and data-protection features that actively watch over valuable data. Available in capacities up to 320 GB, these hard drives are perfect for laptop users who require maximum capacity and lightning-fast performance.
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160GB 2.5" 7200 RPM SATA Drive
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Excellent Notebook Upgrade   Review Date: June 16, 2009 Reviewer: Steve E. Patton, Ohio I've had my Toshiba Satellite for two years. When the stock internal 80gb drive started having errors, I was in search for a new drive. This drive replaced the Fujitsu made Toshiba 7200RPM 80GB drive. The biggest comparisons are the 4mb cache on the stock and the 16mb on the 160GB. Western Digital makes some high quality drives, and in a 24 hour stress test, this drive didn't falter once. I was able to install Ubuntu 9.04 in about 15 minutes next to the 25-30 it took the old drive. Excellent price for a double in disk space and probably nearly a doubling in read/write speeds. One last note, my laptop hase a 3-cell Li-Ion battery. With the original hard drive the batter would last about an hour in normal usage. I'm already getting over an hour and a half. I'm guessing the stock hard drive ate a LOT more power. One con, but it's normal.. This drive is just a little louder (if you put your ear to the drive bay) then the original. However, if it's on your table or lap, you'll never hear it. :) WD Scorpio Black 160GB HDD   Review Date: November 16, 2009 Reviewer: James M. Cook, Florida Works great; easy install. Quieter and faster than factory installed Hitachi in my Dell Inspiron laptop. Good tech support. No documentation shipped with product. Lots of FAQs online at website. Website not as user friendly as I would have liked for my particular install--wanted to copy old hard drive to new. Good for standalone installs/arrays/troubleshooting. Had to seek 3rd party software/technique... Fast and quiet   Review Date: November 17, 2009 Reviewer: John M. Bissell, Austin, TX This drive replaced an 80GB Hitachi drive that came with my laptop. The Hitachi was generally quiet but did have occasional noise when seeking. This WD drive has been totally silent. Good price for a decent capacity. Nice HDD   Review Date: May 5, 2009 Reviewer: T. Kesty, I bought this HDD to replace the 40GB that came with my PS3 and so far so good. Shipped fast for snail mail and well packaged. Great drive at a great price   Review Date: March 3, 2010 Reviewer: Brian Oliver Bondurant, Richmond, VA USA This drive was easy to install and format and has worked well since I got it about two months ago. Shipping via Amazon was dreadfully slow...took over 3 weeks to get to me. However it did snow a lot during February so I guess it can't be all their fault. Not quite as fast as an improvement as I was expecting but still very solid drive. Had 148gb of usable space after formatting which seems pretty reasonable. If you are looking to upgrade from 5400rpm or just increase space this is an excellent hd for the price.

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