Review: Western Digital WD2500JB HDD

Dom · May 24, 2003, 02:10 PM

It seems like just a little while ago we reviewed a 200GB hard disk drive from Western Digital called Drivezilla (see our Roundup: IDE Hard Disk Drives with 8MB Cache-Buffer). Now thanks to Western Digital Company we got an opportunity to test an even larger hard disk drive. The capacity record for 7,200rpm HDDs is 250GB now! Interestingly, the newcomer didn’t boast a unique proper name. Well, it looks as if WD marketing people couldn’t think of anything “cooler” than Drivezilla

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But WD engineers could do something really cool! The new disk, called “Special Edition 250GB”, boasts the highest per platter density in the industry: 83GB. However, this untypical density was chosen exactly for pure marketing reasons: three platters like that make up the magic number: 250GB!

Read the full review at X-BitLabs

May 24, 2003, 02:10 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Review: Western Digital WD2500JB HDD It seems like just a little while ago we reviewed a 200GB hard disk drive from Western Digital called Drivezilla (see our Roundup: IDE Hard Disk Drives with 8MB Cache-Buffer). Now thanks to Western Digital Company we got an opportunity to test an even larger hard disk drive. The capacity record for 7,200rpm HDDs is 250GB now! Interestingly, the newcomer didn’t boast a unique proper name. Well, it looks as if WD marketing people couldn’t think of anything “cooler” than Drivezilla . But WD engineers could do something really cool! The new disk, called “Special Edition 250GB”, boasts the highest per platter density in the industry: 83GB. However, this untypical density was chosen exactly for pure marketing reasons: three platters like that make up the magic number: 250GB! Read the full review at X-BitLabs