HDD Upgraders: Western Digital rolls out 320GB 2.5-inch Scorpio hard drive

[Shin-Ra]

Western Digital rolls out 320GB 2.5-inch Scorpio hard drive

It's not the first to boast of a 320GB 2.5-inch hard drive, but Western Digital looks to be the first to actually ship one, with its new 320GB Scorpio SATA drive now available to anyone with a hankering for some spacious portable storage. In addition to cramming all those gigabytes into a laptop-friendly package, the drive is also said to be "one of the quietest 5400 RPM, 2.5-inch drives available," with WD's trademark WhisperDrive and IntelliSeek technology promising to keep the noise down and the power consumption to a minimum. Those looking to swap out their old drive for this one can expect to pay an even $200, although you can be sure you'll be seeing it as a pre-installed option before too long as well.

Seems like a good upgrade option.

[Amon37]

200 is not much more that 250GB which was 169 or more.

[dobyblue]

That's freaking sweet!

[Blu Blur]

I picked up a 160GB for about 80 shipped so based on what the 250 is going for this is a great deal, but I am good for a while

[ps3andlovinit]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

That's freaking sweet!

There is a 205 GB limit for the partitions at this point..hopefully that will change with a FW upgrade.

[oXweebleXo]

i allready have since i bought i got a 20 from a kid who wanted my xbox 360. i traded him straight across. but if your planning on upgrading wait till this one is realeased. i know im going to jump on this deal.

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=377

[JonD7]

Nice i've been looking for one of these, when is it released exactly?
tell me how it is once you get it bro.

[SixAxiS]

Nice. If it's too expensive then I'll just stick with the 250gb hdd. I haven't upgraded yet though.

[oXweebleXo]

from what i read it will have a $200 price tag

[Rike255]

I can't even fill my 160GB yet...but this is a very nice option in the future. Maybe when the price drops a bit and I'm all out of room I'll consider it.

Nice find!

[Ascended_Saiyan]

Originally Posted by Rike255

I can't even fill my 160GB yet...but this is a very nice option in the future. Maybe when the price drops a bit and I'm all out of room I'll consider it.

Nice find!

I only have about 50GB left on my 160GB. It's going fast for me. I might upgrade to a 250 soon or just start using an external HDD.

[ikbradley]

Originally Posted by Ascended_Saiyan

I only have about 50GB left on my 160GB. It's going fast for me. I might upgrade to a 250 soon or just start using an external HDD.

thank god for upgradability. It would honestly suck having to get a proprietary drive.

The 320 Scorpio is awesome

[Zaphod]

Good deal! According to their website:

WD Scorpio 320GB Web Page

It will hold:

Up to 91,000 digital photos
Up to 80,000 songs (MP3)
Up to 8,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality)
Up to 24 hours of Digital Video (DV)
Up to 100 hours of DVD quality video
Up to 38 hours of HD video

Mouse over each item to see how it was calculated.
(Examples of the number of photos, songs, videos and any other files that can be stored on a hard drive are provided for illustrative purposes only. Your results will vary based on file size and format, settings, features, software and other factors.)
One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes. One terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment.

[jdsanko]

Just curoius as to what most folks are doing. Replacing the internal HDD in the Playstation 3 with a larger one or adding it exteranl vial USB?

[Zaphod]

Originally Posted by jdsanko

Just curoius as to what most folks are doing. Replacing the internal HDD in the Playstation 3 with a larger one or adding it exteranl vial USB?

Replacing the internal drive.

[ps3andlovinit]

Originally Posted by jdsanko

Just curoius as to what most folks are doing. Replacing the internal HDD in the Playstation 3 with a larger one or adding it exteranl vial USB?

Depends on your usage patterns. I'd give some thought to that before deciding..for us the internal upgrade made more sense..for others the external route might make more sense.

For example, if you keep your photos,music,home videos on a usb drive then you can move the content around to other machines and/or take it with you for travel etc..if those aren't the kind of things you do or need to do frequently then might not be a big deal.

So I'd suggest you really think about the different scenarios before deciding.

[Copywriter]

I have a 250g usb drive that has my photos and stuff.

My PS3, 60g, is doing fine on space.

Heck, my 360 still has space on its little drive. I don't download shows/movies. I buy them in hard copy format.

[projectryan]

Does this drive really work with PS3? I haven't found anyone in the other site confirm this drive yet..can anyone here confirm?

[oXweebleXo]

if its a 2.5" sata hdd it works on the ps3. i dont know about how much true capacity it will have but i will let you know when i get one.

[Sonny]

I'll take 3 please