WD Scorpio 120 GB Internal Hard Drive

Western Digital Scorpio WD1200VE 120GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache ATA-6 Notebook Hard Drive

Strengths: quiet and fast

Weakness: none

Please note that this Scorpio WD1200VE spins at 5400 RPM instead of 7200 RPM.


This is the replacement of my old 40GB 4200 RPM Hitachi Travelstar hard drive. The installation of this drive is very simple and easy on my HP ZT3000 notebook. The WD hard drive has a plenty of space and runs faster compared to my old drive. It also runs cool and quiet.

By EatShop - Aug 19, 2006

a good drive

Strengths: large capacity for notebook drive, runs cool and is quiet

Weakness: 1 year warranty on reail drive kits, no installation instruction in retail drive kits

Even though this is a notebook drive I'm using this drive in my desktop computer not a notebook. I chose this drive after careful research because reviews I read said it ran cool and quiet. Thus far I haven't had any problems with the drive and it does run 10C cooler and much quieter than the 3.5 7200 drive I was using before. The only downside to buying this drive it that even as a retail kit it...
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Even though this is a notebook drive I'm using this drive in my desktop computer not a notebook. I chose this drive after careful research because reviews I read said it ran cool and quiet. Thus far I haven't had any problems with the drive and it does run 10C cooler and much quieter than the 3.5 7200 drive I was using before.

The only downside to buying this drive it that even as a retail kit it doesn't come with any instructions. There's no piece of paper or instruction manual giving master/slave jumper settings nor are they listed on the drive. Instead you get a slip of paper telling you to have the drive professionally installed.

They also don't include a jumper on the drive or in the box unlike with their retail 3.5 drive kits. If you need a jumper you will have to go out and buy one and they can be hard to find. Luckily I didn't need one. I searched Western Digital's web site and managed to find the jumper settings for the drive but they should have been included in the box

Other than the jumper problem I'm pretty happy with the drive. We'll see if this happiness continues as I used the drive longer

By timbrill - Jan 25, 2007

A Rock-Solid Performer

Strengths: Fast & quiet ... what more do you want?

Weakness: Guess it couldn't hurt to cost even less.

I was always suspicious about the performance of my Seagate 80gig 8mb that came with my Inspiron 6000. It always seemed to cause much lag on my computer especially when the hourglass would pop up for 20 seconds everytime I went to save a file. After many hours of research, and consideration for purchasing a 7200rpm, I went with this drive. The WD had one of if not the best price per gig when I...
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I was always suspicious about the performance of my Seagate 80gig 8mb that came with my Inspiron 6000. It always seemed to cause much lag on my computer especially when the hourglass would pop up for 20 seconds everytime I went to save a file. After many hours of research, and consideration for purchasing a 7200rpm, I went with this drive. The WD had one of if not the best price per gig when I bought it. Since then I have installed a package version of XP Pro and put the Seagate in an external USB enclosure. The Seagate still acts laggy but the WD is just a pleasure as my C drive. OMG, stop reading these reviews and just order it already since you'll love it too!

By jordanb69 - Aug 1, 2007

Awesome

Strengths: Quiet and fast

Weakness: None

This is a great hard drive. Super quiet, works great in the Apple TV. I honestly don't have any complaints about it. Nothing else really to say other than it's quiet and works as expected.

By ZildjianK - Apr 30, 2007

The HDD

Strengths: The drive is a fast drive thanks for its 5400RPM.

Weakness: The drive makes clicking noise once in awhile.

The HDD scares me a bit because it sounds like the hard disk is about to crash its header.

The seller is prompt, the package came in fast.

Thank you.

By masterbw - Apr 26, 2007