WD Updates 7200 Rpm 2.5" Hard Drives

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WD today announced its Scorpio Black series of 2.5" hard drives, offering up to 320 GB capacity and a disk rotation speed of 7200 rpm. The drives consumes about 2.5 watts during read/write processes, which is about 20% more than the power consumption of low-power 2.5" drives. Idle power consumption is about 0.85 watts.

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  • KITH
    selling for $179 at newegg?!!!

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136280
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  • KITH
    doesn't have the "free-fall sensor" not sure what this means in the scheme of things.

    http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=482
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  • Any reviews of these 2.5" 320gb HDDs?
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