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Old Aug 21, 2011, 9:24 pm
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Originally Posted by joshwex90
Looking to upgrade my internal hard drive. Anyone with any knowledge of this:

Seagate 1TB Barracuda @7200 RPM
My knowledge of that drive is that it's a 3.5" drive for desktops. You need a 2.5" drive for your notebook. Western Digital Scorpio Black (7200rpm) is highly regarded - I have a 500GB version and love it in my ThinkPad T500. Max capacity of this drive is 750GB:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136835

For speed, a hybrid drive might be best. However, the Seagate Momentus XT maxes at 500GB:

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Moment...3983877&sr=1-1

If you want 1TB, it looks like you're stuck with 5400rpm for now.
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