Western Digital unveils Scorpio Black hard drives for notebooks

Posted June 3, 2008 at 05:11 PM by Indraneel Purohit

Section: Peripherals, Storage

Western Digital has taken the wraps off their new Scorpio Black notebook hard drive lineup. The 2.5-inch drives range from 80 up to 320GB in capacity, providing a wide variety for every type of laptop user.  The drives spin at a speedy 7,200RPM and sport 16MB of cache. Both of these things in conjunction, provide for speedy drive in just about any situation. The entire Scorpio Black lineup connects through a 3GB/s SATA connection.

This large, quick data storage device is brought to you by WD’s IntelliSeek and SecurePark Technologies. IntelliSeek uses optimal seek speeds for lower power consumption. SecurePark parks the read/write heads during low power idle mode. There are two versions of the drives; those with and those without free-fall sensors, which lock up the drive when immediate impact or a free-fall is detected in order to better protect your data. The Scorpio Black hard drives top out at $250 for the 320GB model.

Via [SlashGear]