Western Digital WD3200BEVT 320 GB Scorpio Sata 5400 Rpm 8MB 2.5 inch Reviews

• Looking to Upgrade

  
  By AO5B7TLBAHMK6 on 2008-04-29
  For those of you who are looking for an upgrade to your storage capability for your laptop or PS3 this is perfect. I installed this in my PS3 within minutes and was up and running with just around 300 GB after format and initial install.
  
  It's amazing how small and light this drive is.
  
  The drive arrived in an electrostatic bag with plastic frame to keep it protected and in the middle of the box.
  
  

• Great drive for the MacBook Pro

  
  By A2W3ANKRXY4T0S on 2008-01-21
  Got this drive as the capacity of the OEM drive provided by Apple for my MacBook Pro 17" was nearing it's capacity. I order a Deckcell USB 2.0 to SATA + IDE (2.5", 3.5", 5.25") Cable with Power Adapter from Amazon at the same time, so moving the data from the internal drive to the new drive was a breeze and painless. After loading the OS, and having the OSX installation process move the data, installation of the drive itself was done (a little cumbersome, but not too bad) and this new drive is performing well and is MUCH quieter than the original OEM drive.
  
  If you are considering a replacement drive for your Mac Book Pro, I strongly recommend a look at this drive!
  
  

• My Macbook is now Pimpified. Superb Drive.

  
  By A3UT119FPJADR8 on 2008-03-25
  My Macbook Pro recently gained a little pooch, those jeans we bought just a few months ago started getting tight, and I had to let out the belt a few notches. So I started hunting for a new drive.
  
  Being a faithful WD Customer, I decided I would give their internal laptop drive a try. I've had several other products of theirs that haven't screwed me over yet. I've had this drive a good month and a half, and I haven't had any troubles in terms of crashing or weird behavior. although, it's always a good idea to backup, no matter how great a drive is. I'll be sure to update this review in the coming months with any changes.
  
  Here's some of the reasons I bought this drive:
  
  #1. My Current HD was full, or very near, and once this drive was up I had a good 200 GB of space. That's a Smickle-pickle load of space for a laptop.
  
  #2. WD is generally a reliable brand, I haven't had any problems with them, and their internal and external hard-drives get very good reviews, especially compared to competitors products.
  
  Some might be concerned whether this is for laptops or not: I was new to HD's and had to do quite a bit of research. To clarify, Yes, this is compatible with laptops. All 2.5 IN" Drives are.
  
  I Haven't had any problems with heating up, either. Macbooks tend to run hot, so I was concerned about this issue. I have maintained about the same temperatures, give or take. It almost feels quieter, but that might just be my imagination, I don't have anything to prove it. The point it, I didn't notice it was hotter or louder than my original drive.
  
  
  All in All, I'm very pleased with this drive and will keep all of you updated. Peace Out, and keep this in mind if your computer needs to undergo a gastric.
  
  

• Joining the Choir - It's the Goodest

  
  By ADLVFFE4VBT8 on 2008-09-12
  PLUSES: It's large, quiet, fast. It easily and perfectly fits where a 20-40-60-80 GB, 2.5" SATA drive would, including in a PS3.
  
  MINUSES: You may be able to find larger drives but not everyone may need more.
  
  Of course, it's no longer 'the biggest' but I knew that a couple of months ago, when I upgraded my PS3. I also figured that, since I have no plans of storing a movie library, 320 GB would carry me for the next couple of years. After that, it's likely that I'd be buying the next generation game/multimedia machine.
  
  Advice to the PS3 upgraders from someone who, after some hesitation, actually did it:
  - There's a Terabyte drive now available for about $150. Look for it if you feel that you need more than 320 GB.
  - If you need to format this drive or any drive to Fat32, the best utility I found was FAT32FORMAT.EXE - Google and you shall find it out there. I'm not reviewing the formatter utility but I can tell you that it does a drive in less than 10 seconds AND it works on Vista.
  - It helps to have a 60-80 USB-connected drive handy to backup your PS3 content before upgrading. With one of these as the backup device, the PS3 fully restore EVERYTHING, including whatever copywrited or protected objects, such as, in my case the PS2 memory cards emulations.
  
  

• GREAT BUY!!

  
  By A2PP9VZ03CXM7S on 2008-05-05
  It's a great replacement 4 my HP pavilion DV6000 hard drive...,it's quickly, smooth and now a lot of space on it!!
  
  
• Works Great With My PS3
  By A2YOJ2WEIFOLZ1 on 2008-07-28
  I bought this drive specifically for use in my PS3. Installation was a breeze. I backed up my old drive to a third external drive, swapped it out with this one, and restored everything with no issues whatsoever. I'm very happy with it -- now I've got room for tons of demos, music, and videos.
  
  
• Great product
  By A1961U78XRGMAV on 2008-01-31
  Its a great hard disk which is extremely silent. The delivery was timely and the drive was appropriately packaged. I've installed it in my Lenovo Laptop and its highly recommended for upgrading your laptop.
  
  
• excellent PS3 upgrade
  By A21K0JYWBVVIZN on 2008-05-12
  If your standard hard drive that came with the Sony Playstation 3 (20,40,60,80 GB) leaves you wanting more room this is a quick and simple way to fix it. It's plug and play. I haven't had any problems with it so far.
  
  
• Great Hard Drive
  By A1MJ59IMVC5YT7 on 2008-05-31
  I purchased this drive for my 40 gig ps3 as a hard drive upgrade. This drive works great and I haven't had any problems. I would recommend this drive to anyone considering upgrading their PS3. It works like a charm and is up and running within 20 minutes.
  
  
• I love this drive
  By A39W2EY8LNKPOS on 2008-07-04
  I still brag about this drive. I got it for 137, and it's in my PS3. Problem solved. It's been in there a while with no problems. It's quiet. Seek time was the same as the stock drive, and it takes the same amount of time to pull anything up. I am completely satisfied with this purchase. It rocks!
  
  
• Unbelievable Bargain!
  By A7EZINRAEHDG3 on 2008-07-12
  I have to say that I am EXTREMELY PLEASED with this purchase. I recently acquired a PS3 and was unhappy with the amount of digital storage space that it had. For those of you who don't know the PS3 is more than a gaming system, it's a fully functional gaming hub. I successfully installed the scorpio and now have almost 100gb of MP4's (movies), MP3's (music), and fully digital games installed. It works like a charm and is a bargain at this price. I am strongly considering buying another for my laptop.
  
  
• Wonderful product
  By A1IH4H5B2IU195 on 2008-06-22
  I purchased this item to replace my ps3's old 60gb and I'm really glad I did this! The extra space is truly appreciated! Highly reccomend!
  
  
• A Perfect fit
  By A2F2FQZ6P34ZZ7 on 2008-08-14
  I bought this just for my PS3. I originally had a 40gb model and this new hard drive works wonders. After installing it and formatting the new hdd, you are left with approximately 263 GB of space. I read somewhere online that the PS3 counts "space" a little differently so you can actually put around 280 GB of info on this hdd, but still anything over 250 GB is a LOT of space.
  
  And as far as speed is concerned, I've noticed certain things load a little quicker. I'm not sure if the hdd has anything to do with that, but I've only got 160 GB of space left and my PS3 is still fast as lightning when it comes to loading and pulling up pics and vids.
  
  
• Absolute necessity for PS3
  By A2FJ7J8Q5A9ZDD on 2008-08-17
  I got my PS3 a year ago and found 60 GB was easy to fill. This drive took about 5 minutes to install and the PS3 recognized it immediately (Formatting took a few seconds).
  
  Boy do I wish I got this last year but who knew 60 GB would fill so fast.
  
  I love this drive !
  
  
• I am very pleased with this smooth and enormous storage drive
  By A1Y4YI3HPD6X3I on 2008-03-07
  I bought this item on AMAZON March'08 to upgrade my laptop from 120 GB to this massive 320 GB. Assembly was a piece of cake. The drive has been running smoothly and does not make any noise whatsoever. I am happy that I could get rid of my older TOSHIBA HD that had been making lots of spindle noise lately. Now, I can store all my favorite music numbers and movies on my HD and watch/listen to them on the GO. I'll use my old TOSHIBA drive as an external drive for sometime as I just bought an enclosure on AMAZON for 25 bucks.
  
  
• Works like a charm
  By AGSIFX4OC19JP on 2008-06-11
  I was looking for a larger drive to replace my 160gb Sony VAIO SZ660 notebook. With the latest 320gb drives, I wanted to make sure that it still gave a decent performance and maintained an acceptable power consumption. This drive worked in every aspect. Just from normal use, I can't really see any difference in the battery life without testing it in depth. But from normal use, it seems to be the same; give or take 5mins, which is quite acceptable for double the storage. The performance is on par with the OEM 160gb 5400rpm Seagate. What's amazing is the noise. I can hardly hear any noise from the spinning and the actuator reading data. The Seagate was quite loud. I could hear it accessing data with clicking noises. The WD is just silent.
  
  Good buy.
  
  
• Big - Fast & Cheap
  By A387W1IEU5ZDTX on 2008-06-18
  Just what I needed to expand my Laptop. It gives me plenty of space for music, photos and software.
  
  
• Excelente compra
  By A180A6QBHILJPD on 2008-08-08
  Compre el HDD WD Scorpio 320 GB para cambiarlo por el de 40 GB de mi PS3. Gran compra. Ahora tengo suficiente espacio para demos, videos y actualizaciones de juegos. Lo recomiendo ampliamente. Gracias.
  
  
• for ps3
  By A2YI4NYWRHVP3D on 2008-08-17
  I bought this to replace my 80 gig on the ps3, very easy install, very happy with this product, works great.
  
  
• Great for PS3
  By A8MTQ5HU6V33P on 2008-08-29
  Bought this to upgrade my 60GB PS3 and it has not given me any issues so far(knock on wood). It comes to 300GB formatted...PS3 OS eats a little of it but overall great drive.
  
  
• Great PS3 Replacement Drive
  By ASSWT96453MFN on 2008-08-29
  Works Great in the PS3.
  Installation was Easy.
  
  For those of you stuck at 30Gig on your Backup Drive due to Windows Fat32 Limitation. I used a Utility called Swiss Knife that you can find on CNet website or Download.com website. It allowed me to Format my Drive larger than 30 Gig so I could Backup my 60 Gig Drive.
  
  Granted if you do not have an external USB Harddrive available you can backup your gamesaves to a USB thumb drive and then you have to re-download all your stuff from the PSN Store from the Downloads Link.
  All of your Games have to re-update as well. Not too big of a hassle...
  
  Now I have a TON of room left. I think I'll copy my whole CD Library to my nice big Hard Drive...
  
  
• PS3 Upgrade
  By A2K2116JSEWKJ2 on 2008-09-13
  I bought this Hard Drive to upgrade my PS3. My 40GB drive wasn't cutting it. If you are thinking about getting this hard drive but aren't certain, check out a youtube video on how to install a new hard drive in your PS3. I am not very tech savvy, and I was able to replace my old drive in less than 10 minutes with the help of the youtube video. Now I have a ton of room on my PS3. The Hard Drive works great.
  
  
• Excellent performer with vista
  By A1JM5HJC3P9P6N on 2008-09-19
  I bought this product after reading all the reviews on amazon. I always read the full reviews and then buy producti on amazon. I attached it, format it and Installed Vista. It is working fine and silently. One of the aspect of this HD I like is. I enabled AHCI mode on vista, Installed Intel Matrix storage manager. I got noticeble difference in performace. It increased by 20% or more. I like this change. Before that I had Fujitsu (Defause HD with Inspiron 1520). but there was no performence improvement in that HD with AHCI. I would strongly recommand this product.
  
  
• Great Playstation 3 drive replacement!
  By A92YQW9D0I5GH on 2008-09-24
  I purchased this to replace the 40g drive on my Playstation 3. After the drive was formatted by the PS3 and I loaded what I had backed up from the old PS3 drive, I still have 250g left to play with. No problems with the drive at all and it is whisper quiet. I highly recommend this item for anyone looking to replace thier Playstation 3 hard drive.
  
  
• Very nice
  By A1DJ7D31UG6RSF on 2008-10-04
  This works great in my PS3, fast access, lots of storage, my games run faster and better, and it was easy to install. Be careful though the people at the Sony factory like to screw in the original hard drive TOO tight thus completley stripping out the "phillips slots" when you try to remove the screws so that you can't get the hard drive out of the caddy, however if this happens they will send you a new caddy free if you ask for one, I got mine about 3 days after I asked for it (the screws are included even the blue one).
  You will like this hard drive if you want to upgrade your PS3!
  
  
• A great hard drive for the Apple Macbook
  By A2HPBSVOFUEY1U on 2008-03-30
  I bought this hard drive for my macbook and so far I couldn't be happier. Not only have I had zero problems with it but I do believe that it's a bit faster than and just as quiet as the drive that came pre-installed with the macbook. It was a snap to replace and to move all my backed up files from a firewire drive back over to the macbook. I'd recommend this drive to anyone with a macbook who needs more space for video and audio files at a very affordable price.
  
  
• Good Laptop Hard drive
  By A2OHNIXOZTT2NO on 2008-05-23
  This is a good hard drive for use in devices that need a laptop (2.5") sized drive. I'm personally using it for a Mac Mini, but it would also fit into most laptops. I bought it to expand from my original drive's 80 GB capacity, and installation and setup was a snap. This obviously has as much to do with using it on a Mac as the hard drive itself, but the drive was exactly what I needed. Performance seems to be as good or better than my original drive, which is a few years older. I don't use very large files often, so I haven't done any load testing, but the drive seems like it would be excellent for normal use.
  
  
• Works great in MacbookPro 3,1
  By A3N5B1W5LJD2W3 on 2008-06-02
  This drive works wonderfully as a replacement for my internal drive!
  Replacement is easy if you search for instructions, and the guide i found had useful diagrams.
  Just make sure you have a set of torx drivers and small screwdrivers.
  Drive is quiet (better than the one it came with), and i have no noticeable change in battery life.
  I highly recommend this drive to anyone who wants/needs to replace the internal Macbook Pro one for either larger capacity or the reason of "your roommate is a retard and dropped it", as mine was.
  Works well with an external USB drive bridge and windows XP (running macdrive), as well.
  
  
• Great little drive
  By ALKGUHIANABOA on 2008-06-03
  One of the specific reasons that I picked this drive was the closeness in the specs with the 160GB drive that Sony put in my laptop. Included was the SATA 300 transfer rate. I wanted a 7200 RPM drive, but could not find one that was SATA 300. The drive is quick and has operated flawlessly for my application. I downgraded my laptop from Vista to XP and used the new drive to preserve the Vista instance.
  
  Don't know how much the speed of this drive contributes, but the machine seems more than twice as fast now. BTW, a USB to SATA interface for the old drive was immeasureably helpful in transfering my data to the new system. It's also good to have friends to help this process along.
  
  
• More space, what a relief
  By A63D1HFH8RCZN on 2008-08-17
  I was looking to upgrade my Macbook from the easily filled 80GB drive that came with it. I have a lot of music and tons of pictures that i shoot in Raw format, so this 320GB drive provided a big relief with tons of storage space.
  
  My laptop is running faster and I no longer get any "drive almost full" errors anytime I edit pictures in Photoshop. Thumbs up to this drive.
  
  

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