“When we rounded up 7,200-RPM notebook drives last month, Western Digital’s Scorpio Black 500GB was our clear favorite. Today, we explore whether a 750GB version of the same drive is even better.”Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Zalman N Series SandForce 128GB Solid State Drive @ Tweaktown
- OCZ RevoDrive x2 100GB PCIe SSD Review @ The SSD Review
- Kingston SSDNow V100 128GB SSD Solid State Drive Review @ Tweaknews
- Intel 310 80GB Mini-PCIe SSD First Tests @ The SSD Review
- Seagate Constellation.2 1TB 2.5-inch SATA Hard Drive @ Tweaktown
- Zalman S-Series 128GB SSD Reviewed @ The SSD Review
- In Win O-Ring @ HardwareBistro
- Seagate Constellation.2 1TB 2.5-inch SAS RAID Report @ Tweaktown
- Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500 GB Portable USB 3.0 Hard Disk Drive @ TechARP
- Aten IC320U PCIe @ HardwareBistro
Big storage in a small package; WD’s new Scorpio Black 750GB
Even laptops need big amounts of storage, though you still need a trade off between power consumption and speed when using a platter based drive. One of the most popular solutions are Western Digital’s Scorpio Black series, which has just been updated with a 750GB model. It’s stats differ a little from the 500GB model, 375GB platters as opposed to 250GB and a slightly higher rating on its sustained transfer rate. The Tech Report’s testing did show a performance improvement and they like the 5 year warranty that WD provides but they felt the price to be a bit high in comparison to both its 500GB brother and other laptop HDD of similar size.
