The mechanical hard drive world ... The new Western Digital Scorpio Blue now goes up to 1TB, either with a 5,200 (WD10TPV) or 5,400 (WD10JPVT) RPM drive. Today we are looking at the faster of ...

One of the key specifications present on any hard drive is how ... However, Western Digital is muddying the waters by classifying some of its 7,200rpm drives as "5400 RPM Class." ...

Last year we looked at the Scorpio Blue 750GB, the 5,400 RPM version of the ... a standard notebook drive. We've seen other Western Digital 2.5" drives reach 1TB capacity size, but those use ...

A hot potato: When is a 5400 RPM drive not a 5400 RPM drive? When it comes from Western Digital, apparently ... We also fine-tune select hard drive platforms and the related HDD characteristics ...

Earlier this year, Western Digital ... drive marketed at 5400 RPM actually spins at 7200 RPM, what's the difference between 5400 RPM and 7200 RPM drives? I'm fairly certain WD isn't shipping 10K ...

A 1TB hard drive running at 7,200 rpm, the Western Digital Caviar Black ($79.99 list ... draws 6.8W of power and 6.1W when idle. When the computer is asleep, however, it draws a mere 0.7W.

But the new complaint is that Western Digital calls 7200RPM drives "5400 RPM Class"—and the drives ... We also fine-tune select hard drive platforms and the related HDD characteristics to ...