Western Digital Scorpio Blue 2.5" 5400rpm 8MB SATA 3Gb/s (WD5000BEVT) - 500GB

Western Digital Scorpio® Blue™ Mobile Hard Drive 2.5" hard drive; 500GB, SATA 3Gb/s, 8MB cache High capacity for mobile computing.

The WD Scorpio Blue 5400 RPM 2.5-inch SATA hard drive combines lightning-fast and ultra-quiet performance with low power consumption. What's more, this hard drive is robust, reliable, and packed with data protection features that actively monitor valuable data.

Ideal for mobile digital devices of all kinds, including notebook computers, external storage units and digital media players.

• Huge capacity - Whether in an external drive unit or in a notebook computer, the 2.5-inch WD Scorpio Blue drives offer the highest capacity for storage-intensive operating systems like Windows Vista™ and plenty of room for photos, music and videos.
• Quiet - A quiet notebook drive is worth it in gold. WD's exclusive WhisperDrive™ combines state-of-the-art search algorithms into one of the industry's quietest 2.5" hard drives. These algorithms optimise the dynamics with which a drive searches for the required data, which allows the Power consumption is reduced and the operating time of the battery is significantly extended. Silence is worth gold.

• Reliable and robust – WD's ShockGuard™ technology protects the mechanics and disk surface of the drive from shock. During up/shutdown and out of service, WD SecurePark™ parks the recording heads outside the disk surface. This ensures that the recording head never touches the surface of the disk – resulting in improved long-term reliability due to reduced head wear and greater shock resistance during transport.
• Fast and efficient - With a 5,400 rpm rotational speed, 12 ms access time, and a 3 Gb/s SATA interface, even the most demanding customers will appreciate the performance achieved by WD Scorpio Blue drives.
• Tested for compatibility - We test our drives in hundreds of systems and across numerous platforms in our FIT Lab™ and mobile compatibility lab to ensure that WD drives work in their systems.

• Up to 142,800 digital photos
• Up to 125,000 music files (MP3)
• Up to 12,500 music files (non-compressed CD quality)
• Up to 38 hours of digital video recording (DV)
• Up to 220 hours of DVD quality videos
• Up to 60 hours of HD video.

To make it easier to choose the right drive, we have summarized all of our sought-after WD Scorpio 5400 RPM drives under the name WD Scorpio Blue. Manufactured to Western Digital award-winning quality standards, these drives offer a wide range of performance features.