Western Digital 320 GB Scorpio Black Hard Disk Drive Review

Adrian Wong · 27th Oct 2009, 01:04 AM

If you were impressed with the performance of the 5400 RPM Western Digital Scorpio, you will be astounded by the "higher-end" Western Digital Scorpio Black.

Running with a higher spindle speed of 7,200 RPM and boasting twice the cache of a Scorpio, the Scorpio Black represents the epitome of Western Digital mobile hard disk drive technology.

We had the opportunity to give their top-of-the-line 320 GB Scorpio Black for a test drive and we were most impressed with its performance.

Not only did it deliver a large storage capacity, it also delivered excellent results in our benchmarks. In fact, it had the same platter-to-buffer transfer rates as the 500 GB Western Digital Caviar GP desktop hard disk drive!

Link : Western Digital 320 GB Scorpio Black Notebook Hard Disk Drive Review

Adrian Wong · 19th Nov 2009, 12:37 AM

If you were impressed with the performance of the 5400 RPM Western Digital Scorpio, you will be astounded by the "higher-end" Western Digital Scorpio Black.

Running with a higher spindle speed of 7,200 RPM and boasting twice the cache of a Scorpio, the Scorpio Black represents the epitome of Western Digital mobile hard disk drive technology.

We had the opportunity to give their top-of-the-line 320 GB Scorpio Black for a test drive and we were most impressed with its performance.

Not only did it deliver a large storage capacity, it also delivered excellent results in our benchmarks. In fact, it had the same platter-to-buffer transfer rates as the 500 GB Western Digital Caviar GP desktop hard disk drive!

In this update, we added a new page on Surface Temperature and the Platter Data Transfer Profile, as well as a new page on Usable Capacity.

Link : Western Digital 320 GB Scorpio Black Notebook Hard Disk Drive Review

mikegas · 19th Nov 2009, 11:09 AM

Can't see this image.

http://www.techarp.com/review/Wester...latter_big.png

Also, of course surface is a little bit hotter cause is running at 7200rpm compare to 5400rpm counterpart.

Adrian Wong · 19th Nov 2009, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikegas

Can't see this image.

http://www.techarp.com/review/Wester...latter_big.png

Also, of course surface is a little bit hotter cause is running at 7200rpm compare to 5400rpm counterpart.

Ah.. Mistake in the HTML. Corrected it. Thanks for the heads-up!

Yeah, the peak surface temperature is higher for certain due to the higher spindle speed. The good news is that its idle temperature is low!

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mikegas I'm a regular Join Date: 7 May 2008 Posts: 464 Reputation: 206 Rep Power: 4	Can't see this image. http://www.techarp.com/review/Wester...latter_big.png Also, of course surface is a little bit hotter cause is running at 7200rpm compare to 5400rpm counterpart.