1TB Laptop HDD from Western Digital is here!

Had lunch with reps for Western Digital Philippines today and they gave me this laptop HDD to check out and was surprised to see that it’s the new 1TB 2.5″ Scorpion Blue (the largest capacity available).

This 9.5mm 1TB Western Digital Scorpio Blue (5400rpm, 8MB buffer cache) was announced just last July. This one uses the standard drive height so it’s more laptop-oriented. Early benchmark results from Hot Hardware showed pretty good results.

When I asked for details, they could not give me any specifics (especially the retail price) but promised it should be out in stores by next week (we’ll just update this post once I get the SRP). In the US, it’s around $140PHP 8,216INR 11,865EUR 133CNY 1,019, so it should be around Php6,000USD 102INR 8,668EUR 97CNY 745 when it hits the stores.

If you fancy bigger storage for your desktop PC at home, WD also has a 6TB external storage worth Php20k here.

Disclosure: WD reps gave me this 1TB HDD for free.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

12 Comments

Eason says:

13 years ago

Smack that to a i5 2nd Gen Notebook with good graphics card then its like having a good notebook already :D
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SpiderHam says:

13 years ago

This is a nice HD considering the price.
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john says:

13 years ago

5400 rpm disk are soooooooooooooo slow
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wewe says:

13 years ago

Well if you want to drain your laptop battery quicker go for higher rpm :)

GensanBoy says:

13 years ago

Wow, this is great and the price is not restrictive. . Hmmm. . I can’t wait for it to be out in the market.
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Semidoppel says:

13 years ago

Wow 1TB! I think if it costs P6k, i think its cost is justifiable with its worth
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Sonn says:

13 years ago

Not sure how Samsung Spinpoint M8 competes with WD in terms of performance, but in terms of pricing, I could get the Samsung 1TB for just Php4,200. That’s Php1,800 savings.
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Drey says:

13 years ago

I will be expecting for this! Good upgrade for my 500GB!
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Jonaflormicfren says:

13 years ago

Nice for those who are craving for more space.
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Iyan Sommerset says:

13 years ago

Holy crap. Affordable enough to slap two into my primary and I won’t even *need* external storage anymore.
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Pinaywebdesigner says:

13 years ago

sa ngayon, kontento naman ako sa 320 GB na Hard Drive ko hehehe :)
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eonzerimar says:

13 years ago

sir Abe Seagate vs. WD? ano mas maganda?
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