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2.5" SATA II HDD Question

Gadgetman496 · 2011-01-30 02:19:03

I'm looking for a 500GB 2.5 SATA drive for an external casing & I'm wondering why these two drives differ so much in price Western Digital WD5000BEVT 500GB 2.5" Hard Drive SATAII 5400rpm 8MB Cache - OEM Scorpio Blue £45.88inc. vat Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM Caviar Blue £30.80inc. vat…

30-01-2011 2:19am

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I'm looking for a 500GB 2.5 SATA drive for an external casing & I'm wondering why these two drives differ so much in price

Western Digital WD5000BEVT 500GB 2.5" Hard Drive SATAII 5400rpm 8MB Cache - OEM Scorpio Blue £45.88inc. vat

Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM Caviar Blue £30.80inc. vat

So what's the difference between Scorpio & Caviar?

Would either be a better option over the other for an external caddy?

The capacity is the same on both but the Spin (RPM) & Cache is faster & larger on the cheaper drive

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The second one is a 3.5" drive not a 2.5".

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#3 30-01-2011 2:27am

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AlmightyCushion wrote: »

The second one is a 3.5" drive not a 2.5".

:eek: Well that's what too many late nights does to ya I never spotted that Almighty

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#4 30-01-2011 2:41am

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gadgetman496 wrote: »

:eek: Well that's what too many late nights does to ya I never spotted that Almighty

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No worries man.

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