Conclusion:

It’s great to see 2.5” notebook size drives making at least some progress in keeping up with their 3.5” desktop cousins in terms of storage capacity and they are certainly capable of very reasonable performance. However with the 250GB model being the ‘latest and greatest’ product on the market you certainly pay a premium for it, the 250GB model we tested here today sells online for around AU$315, while the 160GB version is only $165. The 250GB version is almost double the price for only 56% more capacity, so unfortunately at this point in time the value isn’t all that great.

The Western Digital 250GB drive certainly has excellent performance for a 5,400rpm drive and its big storage size will be a blessing for those of us who use 2.5” drives in external drive cases for mobile storage or who want to upgrade their laptop to the biggest and best, however I will wait until the price comes down a bit to buy one for myself.

Pros:

• Big Storage for a notebook drive
• Very Respectable Performance
• Whisper Quiet

Cons:

• Price

OzHardware Rating 8/10

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