Retrofitting 7,200rpm laptop drives?

Tony · 21st July 2005, 3:23 PM

Just say you have an avg. Centrino unit with a 40Gb 4,200rpm drive.

If you replace it with a performance 7,200rpm laptop drive, what is the likely outcome of the higher thermal loading on the case fans?

And is it a worthwhile upgrade?

T.

silver6 · 21st July 2005, 3:39 PM

I upgraded my 60GB 4200rpm with a 60gb 7200rpm

no problems at all with heat and noise. There is little bit more vibration, but nothing to worry about.

Battery life is the same as before.

theyetti · 21st July 2005, 8:58 PM

Hi Tony, you could always install a 8MB Cache, 5400RPM Drive.

These are much faster and the newer ones, Seagate Momentus, etc. have thermal registers similar to a lot of 4200RPM Drives.

Cheers Pedro :-)

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21st July 2005, 3:39 PM	#2
silver6 Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 921	I upgraded my 60GB 4200rpm with a 60gb 7200rpm no problems at all with heat and noise. There is little bit more vibration, but nothing to worry about. Battery life is the same as before.

21st July 2005, 8:58 PM	#3
theyetti Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Adelaide Posts: 244	Hi Tony, you could always install a 8MB Cache, 5400RPM Drive. These are much faster and the newer ones, Seagate Momentus, etc. have thermal registers similar to a lot of 4200RPM Drives. Cheers Pedro :-)