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Western Digital Scorpio Black WD5000BPKT 16MB 500GB
9.2 out of 10

Western Digital Scorpio Black WD5000BPKT 16MB 500GB

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Reviews and Problems with Western Digital Scorpio Black WD5000BPKT 16MB 500GB

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Overall 8
8.0

so far so good

edz, Newegg
3 weeks ago
Overall 10
10

Fast

IroNMaN, Newegg
4 weeks ago
  • Pros: Fast, easy to install, plenty of space for laptops.
  • Cons: None.
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Overall 10
10

Works and cost is low.

Newegg
23 April 2013
  • Pros: If it is a HD it is Western Digital or it was given to me for free, at least that's how its been since the 80386 computers. Once again, WD has proven itself to me to p...
  • Cons: Western Digital hasn't thanked me for being obsessed with their products since the dawn of computing.
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Overall 2
2.0

Another Failed Drive

MarkB, Newegg
15 April 2013
  • Pros: Not much when the drive fails in about a month.
  • Cons: I'm not sure, but I seem to be replacing more WD drives as of late. This one died in about a months time.
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Overall 10
10

4 years before a failure

Newegg
9 April 2013
  • Pros: I have exclusively used western digital hard drives for personal use for the past 9 years. For this particular drive, I keep one in a media server which is always on a...
  • Cons: Absolutely none
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Overall 10
10

Working well so far

Dr. Krieger, Newegg
9 April 2013
  • Pros: Nice and fast, haven't had any problems with it.
  • Cons: It was packaged very poorly and could have destroyed the drive in transit
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Overall 10
10

Good drive

Newegg
26 March 2013
  • Pros: I used this to replace the dying hard drive in my laptop. It works like it should.
  • Cons: Being a 7200 rpm drive, it is noticeably louder than the 5400 it replaced - about as loud as a laptop fan on low speed. Not noisy enough to merit docking an egg.
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Overall 10
10

WOW!!

frnk, Amazon
20 March 2013
  • Summary: I just bought the WD Scorpio Black 500 GB SATA 7200 RPM and installed it in My PS3 which had a 80GB HD I can see the difference between the drives, with the old drive
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Overall 8
8.0

Works well!

DatingADoubleE, Newegg
19 March 2013
  • Pros: does what I bought it for- to increase the memory of my laptop. Works well, haven't had any problems with compatibility with my Mac.
  • Cons: It does get a bit hot and a bit loud, but I expected that due to the increased speed that I choose. It's gives me greif every once in a while, but like I said, I expec...
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Overall 2
2.0

ah not again! another lemon!

saharette, Newegg
15 March 2013
  • Summary: I won't go over this what is wrong with WD in pushing these faulty drives.
  • Pros: NONE
  • Cons: Advanced format, and drive report normal format.
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