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    WD ships 9.5mm 1TB hard drive: WD10JPVT

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Phil, Jul 20, 2011.

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    http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=6199


    Western Digital starts shipping 1TB 9.5mm Scorpio Blue mobile HDD | News | TechConnect Magazine
     
    Phil, Jul 20, 2011
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    Ahhh.... it's an HDD :D Was confused for a second when I read the title... I thought "1TB SSD from WD???"
    This should probably be moved to the Hardware section ;)

    So they beat Samsung, or are their 1TB 9.5mm drives already released?
     
    svl7, Jul 20, 2011
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    Would be a nice deal for $139 ;)

    I moved the thread to the right forum.

    Samsung is already selling their 1TB drive. The Samsung seems to be cheaper and has 5 year warranty instead of 3.
     
    Phil, Jul 20, 2011
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    vinuneuro, Jul 20, 2011
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    Ok, missed that, $90 for the Samsung, that's a nice deal!
     
    svl7, Jul 20, 2011
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    but samsung selling its hdd business to seaget ,
    who will honor that 5 yrs warranty?
    this is only reason why i am holding on samsung hdd.
     
    dr.pratik, Jul 22, 2011
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    They already have 1TB HDDs.

    Seagate will honor it.
     
    sgogeta4, Jul 22, 2011
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    benchmarks? How does it do with random I/O compared to the Samsung 2-platter?
     
    ickibar123, Jul 22, 2011
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    Not necessarily.
     
    Greg, Jul 22, 2011
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    I do not think they will do that. I once bought some desktop parts from a pc shop that got bought up by another bigger pc shop branch. I lost my warranty on all the desktop parts.
     
    Simplified, Jul 22, 2011
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    I purchased a Fujitsu hard drive a while ago right before Toshiba fully absorbed them. When the drive failed Toshiba handled the RMA and I received a new one.

    Having said that I don't like Samsung drives for reliability and Seagate even less. But this 1TB Samsung is a lot cheaper, buyers will have to decide how much that bothers them, if at all.
     
    vinuneuro, Jul 22, 2011
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    I've been buying WD exclusively since 2002, but $30 is $30. Looking forward to seeing how the Samsung does.

     
    thetoast, Jul 22, 2011
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    i'm confused... i went to the WD website and it shows 2 different types of Scorpio Blue 1 tb. And they both say Form Factor 2.5 inch.

    1. WD10JPVT
    2. WD10TPVT

    WD Scorpio Blue

    Can someone help clarify how they are different ?

    Thanks,

    Rana
     
    rana_kirti, Jul 27, 2011
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    #2 is a 12.5mm drive.
     
    vinuneuro, Jul 27, 2011
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    thanks, i hope the performance is good and better than 640gb and 750gb. Phil would you be doing a review soon ?
     
    rana_kirti, Jul 27, 2011
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    storagereview.com has done a review on the Samsung. Soon to post a review on the WD JPVT.
    WD had better have a reason to cost $20 more than the Samsung. From the review the Samsung performs well for being a 5400RPM drive.
     
    ickibar123, Jul 29, 2011
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    Has anyone noticed on WD's site, the idle power consumption is only 0.59 watts. That means excellent battery life.

    Usually WD lists the "active idle" as just "idle" and if 0.59 is indeed the active idle specification, then that is fantastic. This would make it probably the most energy efficient 1tb laptop drive, if not most energy efficient 2.5 drive period.

    Sadly, I don't know if I would buy this. I had the Scorpio Blue 640 GB, and that thing vibrated so much, my entire laptop would would vibrate. It drove me insane. Also the Scorpio Blue in my opinion is slow on everyday applications, which is also confirmed by reviews/benchmarks by tomshardware.com
    The Scorpio Blue according to other reviews also constantly parks the heads, which is a safety feature, but it can make an annoying click noise constantly and slow down performance.
     
    earlymorning, Aug 1, 2011
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    I wouldn't get it either... 5400rpm and i don't need 1TB for my laptop... I'll wait for 7200rpm ones at least...
     
    TomJG90, Aug 2, 2011
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    Toshiba (or was it Hitachi) just announced a 2-platter 1TB 2.5er as well.. wish someone could get their hands on all three and do a comparison test...
     
    bemymonkey, Aug 2, 2011
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    Power figures by manufacturers are often very exaggerated, just like weight figures. I'd wait to see some reviews before judging power consumption. I probably wouldn't get this if I only had one drive in my laptop but this would be an excellent choice for a storage drive (if you had a SSD as a main drive for example).
     
    sgogeta4, Aug 2, 2011
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    why? benchmarks already put it faster than the WD 500gb black...
     
    whitrzac, Aug 2, 2011
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    On newegg now...order placed ;)
     
    Dreamliner330, Aug 10, 2011
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    Real world performance of the Black is still better.
     
    Phil, Aug 11, 2011
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    rana_kirti, Aug 17, 2011
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    crashnburn, Aug 17, 2011
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    :) how'd you know i was on flights?
     
    rana_kirti, Aug 17, 2011
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    They both seem to perform the same, so it more or less comes down to reliability.
     
    NomisR, Aug 17, 2011
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    ...and power consumption. :)
     
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    will this hdd be a good idea in a 11.6 acer 1810T ? i use my laptop for general day to day surfing and watching videos on youtube, surfing the internet etc. just very regular typical usage.

    Should i buy this and have 1tb or the Scropio black and have 750gb ?
     
    rana_kirti, Aug 17, 2011
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  30. Charles P. Jefferies

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    I wrote the 1TB 9.5mm Samsung M8 and WD Scorpio Blue reviews over @ StorageReview. The drives are for all intents and purposes identical. The WD fetches a premium. Get whatever one is cheaper.

    They put up impressive performance in synthetic benchmarks but fall flat on their face in real-world scenarios against 7200RPM drives. They wouldn't be bad as a main drive, but the only way I would recommend them in that capacity would be if you only wanted one drive and required 1TB of space (read: unlikely). The WD7500BPKT is the top drive for capacity and performance at the moment (WD Scorpio Black 750GB 7200RPM).
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 17, 2011
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    thanks for the review Mr. Jefferies. I would like to re-present my situation to you.

    I currently use a 320gb 5400 rpm WD scorpio which came factory fitted with my Acer 1810T. I use my laptop for general purposes like surfing net, watching videos and listening to music.

    I find my current hdd quite capable for the tasks that i use it for and never felt that it was slow or made me wait on things.

    1. Would going to the WD Scorpio 1 TB give me the same performance as my current WD Scorpio 320 GB ?

    If it gives me the same/identical performance to the current HDD then i'll be glad to take the 1 TB space it provides.

    If the WD Scorpio 1 TB is going to be worse than the current performance of my WD Scorpio 320 Gb then i'll look at the WD Scorpio Black 750GB 7200RPM.

    Kindly advice on same,

    Regards,

    Rana
     
    rana_kirti, Aug 17, 2011
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    I am so glad I went from my Scorpio Black 500 to this Scorpio Blue 1TB.

    I have a SSD as my main drive, ALL normal hard drives are soooo slow, its not even funny.

    The Scorpio Blue 1TB is MUCH quieter than the Black 500.
     
    Dreamliner330, Aug 17, 2011
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    @KR - JGD ;) I know you buddy. Hope you make it to JGD HQ soon.

    I'd love to see a comparison between the newly updated Momentus XT 500 vs Scorpio Black 750
     
    crashnburn, Aug 18, 2011
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    Rana - the WD 1TB drive would be significantly faster than your current drive, so I recommend the upgrade. The WD Scorpio Black 750GB 7200RPM will be faster, but the drive you are coming from is slow enough the difference between the 750GB Black and 1TB Blue will be not all that noticeable.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 18, 2011
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    :)

    Thanks i'll go ahead an get the 1 TB.
     
    rana_kirti, Aug 19, 2011
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    anyone have information on who will honor the samsung warranty? its cheaper and the warranty is longer so i'd rather go for that...but if i cant get any warranty support its not a good idea...
     
    afhstingray, Aug 19, 2011
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    I just managed to pick up a couple of Seagate ST91000640NS 1TB 7200rpm 2.5" 'Enterprise' drives.

    What benchies would people like me to run, given I run a pure 'nix environment so Win benchies are a no no.
     
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  38. tilleroftheearth

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    Unless you can throw the drive into a Windows system for the few minutes it will take to benchmark, I don't see how 'nix benchmarks will benefit too many people.

    (Unless, you have a few 'normal' HDD's around and bench those too, to give a comparision to the Enterprise version of the Seagate you have).

    I would be interested in a screenshot of Anvil Storage Utilities, but.... :)
     
    tilleroftheearth, Aug 20, 2011
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    I'm honestly so amazed at how much quieter this drive is compared to my Scorpio Black 500....I'm MUCH more pleased with this drive.
     
    Dreamliner330, Aug 20, 2011
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    can I safely assume that either this drive or the Samsung M8 would be a straight upgrade over my 750GB Toshiba MK7559GSXF (in performance)?
     
    ajreynol, Aug 28, 2011
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    The HD Tune graph for the MK7559GSXF and the Sammy M8 is the same.
     
    namaiki, Aug 28, 2011
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    alright then. ty.
     
    ajreynol, Aug 28, 2011
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    cant find the WD 1tb in stock anywhere.... i can only find the Samsung 1tb M8.

    Should the i buy the Samsung ? Is it going to be as reliable as the WD ?
     
    rana_kirti, Aug 30, 2011
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    If anything, I've found Samsung to be more reliable than WD.

    Then again, I had 3 WD Scorpio Blue 500 gigglers fail. Never had a HDD fail before or after those. As such, I'm probably never buying another 2.5" HDD from them ever again.
     
    ajreynol, Aug 30, 2011
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    No I meant as a Boot drive.. since I dont think an SSD would work for me at this point. I need storage and have room for only one HDD.

    I'd ideally love a good SSD+HDD combo like the XT but it seems it not so SPECTACULAR at this point.

    Tsunade - I know it wouldnt be near SSD. How much of a boot & post boot performance difference was there between them? Which two Mom XT drives did you have? Can you give some kind of a comparative?
     
    crashnburn, Sep 25, 2011
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    Strange thing: here (Italy) Samsung Spinpoint M8 (HN-M101MBB) is available for only 78€ while Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD10JPVT costs more than twice (about 180€). Am i'm missing something? Of course i will go for M8 (external usb enclosure, performance really doesn't matter) but i'm just curious why WD is so overpriced?
     
    Gremo, Nov 6, 2011
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    WD's factory flooded...
     
    whitrzac, Nov 6, 2011
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    Thailand floods have really shorted the worldwide supply of hard drives. All manufacturers are affected, but WD really got hurt. It's gonna be at least six months before prices come back down to what they should be.
     
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    thats ignorant all brands fail witch ones you get that fail is all chance.

    I have the drive this thread is about it seems to perform okay. it uses it's density to make up for 5400 rpm spindle speed. it still not as fast a a 750gb 7200rmp drive in real world performance though.

    Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1TB Review (WD10JPVT) | StorageReview.com
     
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