Laptop Internal HD
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Laptop Internal HD
Looking to upgrade my internal hard drive. Anyone with any knowledge of this:
Seagate 1TB Barracuda @7200 RPM
If anyone has any other suggestions, I'm looking for 7200 rpm, 1 tb or higher, though 750 gb if absolutely necessary. Budget is preferably under $200, but if something in that range is a good idea, I'm game for that as well.
Seagate 1TB Barracuda @7200 RPM
If anyone has any other suggestions, I'm looking for 7200 rpm, 1 tb or higher, though 750 gb if absolutely necessary. Budget is preferably under $200, but if something in that range is a good idea, I'm game for that as well.
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Do you actually need the storage? If you could live with ~128GBs of storage, you could get an SSD for your budget. Given you're concerned about having a 7200RPM drive, performance might matter to you?
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I'd love a SSD, but would really require 512, as 256 would be a major compromise. 128 is not nearly enough. The 7200 is the "compromise" between standard 5400 (why is that still the standard?!) and SSD.
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Are you sure that drive will fit? I think that is a 3 1/2 inch drive.
If your laptop only takes a 2 1/2 inch drive I don't think you will get it in there.
If your laptop only takes a 2 1/2 inch drive I don't think you will get it in there.
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Looking to upgrade my internal hard drive. Anyone with any knowledge of this:
Seagate 1TB Barracuda @7200 RPM
Seagate 1TB Barracuda @7200 RPM
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.
Last edited by DenverBrian; Aug 21, 2011 at 9:33 pm
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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. The Seagate Momentus XT comes in a 750GB size:
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Moment...3983347&sr=1-4
If you want 1TB, it looks like you're stuck with 5400rpm for now.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136835
For speed, a hybrid drive might be best. The Seagate Momentus XT comes in a 750GB size:
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Moment...3983347&sr=1-4
If you want 1TB, it looks like you're stuck with 5400rpm for now.
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Will it for sure fit my Toshiba Portege? Is it a good one?
And finally, one think I do NOT understand is the cache. However, I see this one has a smaller cache (16 MB) versus the other ones I've seen, which have been 32 or as much as 64 MB.
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Seagate's is cheaper. Ideally, I'd like their hybrid, but, as been mentioned before, is only available in 500 GB. Where do you see the Western Digital at 750 GB? I saw on Amazon, but I want to see it on their site so I can see more info, but I only find 320 and 500