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    Which WD Hard Drive? What's the difference between BEVT and BPVT?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cn_habs, Jun 16, 2011.

  1. cn_habs

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    I am looking to upgrade my laptop's Hitachi 5400rpm to one of the 4 following drives all with 8m cache:

    1) WD5000BEVT 500GB ($70)
    2) WD5000BPVT 500GB ($65)
    3) WD3200BEVT 320GB ($60)
    4) WD3200BPVT 320GB ($55)

    Are the larger 500GB ones faster than the 300GB ones in real life? What's the difference between BPVT and BEVT?

    Thanks a lot in advance! :)
     
    cn_habs, Jun 16, 2011
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    The BEVT is the traditional Scorpio Blue. The BPVT is the advanced format drives. Traditional hard drives use 512 byte blocks while advanced format uses 4k blocks.

    I have a 500 GB BEVT and a 640 GB BEVT and both are quiet and cool. Perform isn't that much worse than a Scorpio Black. I also recently got a 750 GB Scorpio black for my 2nd Z61t.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jun 16, 2011
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    Thanks for the quick reply.

    Apparently BPVT is slightly better but is the 300GB version a bit slower than the 500GB or storage space has nothing to do with speed?

    Thanks again!
     
    cn_habs, Jun 16, 2011
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    How about BPKT vs BPVT?
     
    Nemix77, Jun 16, 2011
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    BPKT is Advance format 7200RPM
    BPVT is Advance format 5400RPM
     
    GP-SE, Jun 17, 2011
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    Can the new 4KB drives be used with XP-Pro, W7 and Linux?
    Is there a jumper to set or software to use for older OS's?
    Thanks
     
    Pareto Optimal, Jul 29, 2011
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    U can use a advanced format drive in XP, but you need to install software or something to get optimal performance. Win7 is ready for Advanced format drives.
     
    ickibar123, Jul 29, 2011
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