Notebook hard drive upgrade

nudge · 27th December 2006, 1:21 PM

Hi All,

I currently have a 40GB 5400prm Hitachi (2.5") in my hardy IBM T40p notebook.
I am looking to upgrade this for extra capacity to probably around the 100GB mark.

Does anyone have any recommendations of brands of laptop hard drives to go for?

And is it worth going for a 7200rpm drive? Will it consume much more battery power? Do they get much louder and hotter than a 5400rpm drive?

Thanks,
nudge

SSJX · 27th December 2006, 1:56 PM

From a few reviews, there isn't much difference between 5400rpm and 7200rpm laptop drives for normal general usage - eg. word processing, email, etc. If you are running 'data intensive' programs then you may want to consider a 7200rpm to save a couple of a nanoseconds

Most laptop hard drive brands have been fine, but one brand that many people recommend is Samsung. Their drives seem to be very quiet and have no problems what so ever. I have one myself and it's never missed a beat.

The only thing you should be aware of is the cache of the hdd if you are buying from a retailer. Sometimes they give you a cheaper 2Mb model.
8Mb or over should be sufficient; anything lower don't bother.

Tony · 27th December 2006, 2:58 PM

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proffesso · 27th December 2006, 3:10 PM

i went with the 7200rpm in my mbp, i cant stand slower disks

nudge · 28th December 2006, 5:17 PM

Cheers for the replies. Wow, I didn't realise laptop hard drives were so cheap now, I should have started looking months ago!

Thanks again.

Gierke · 28th December 2006, 6:21 PM

Can highly recommend samsung drives. I had one in my old laptop and it was great, in my new laptop there is a WD, and it gets very hot. I'm almost tempted to replace it.

27th December 2006, 1:21 PM	#1
nudge Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Amsterdam NL Posts: 860	Notebook hard drive upgrade Hi All, I currently have a 40GB 5400prm Hitachi (2.5") in my hardy IBM T40p notebook. I am looking to upgrade this for extra capacity to probably around the 100GB mark. Does anyone have any recommendations of brands of laptop hard drives to go for? And is it worth going for a 7200rpm drive? Will it consume much more battery power? Do they get much louder and hotter than a 5400rpm drive? Thanks, nudge __________________ nudge.id.au \| just a melbourne boy surviving in amsterdam \| IEEE future energy challenge 2005 winners (monash uni team)

27th December 2006, 1:56 PM	#2
SSJX Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 2,746	From a few reviews, there isn't much difference between 5400rpm and 7200rpm laptop drives for normal general usage - eg. word processing, email, etc. If you are running 'data intensive' programs then you may want to consider a 7200rpm to save a couple of a nanoseconds Most laptop hard drive brands have been fine, but one brand that many people recommend is Samsung. Their drives seem to be very quiet and have no problems what so ever. I have one myself and it's never missed a beat. The only thing you should be aware of is the cache of the hdd if you are buying from a retailer. Sometimes they give you a cheaper 2Mb model. 8Mb or over should be sufficient; anything lower don't bother. __________________ Good Trader list: click here 164 unique users and counting Add your PSN ID to OCAU's Wiki Sony Vaio Club Member #2

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28th December 2006, 5:17 PM	#5
nudge Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Amsterdam NL Posts: 860	Cheers for the replies. Wow, I didn't realise laptop hard drives were so cheap now, I should have started looking months ago! Thanks again. __________________ nudge.id.au \| just a melbourne boy surviving in amsterdam \| IEEE future energy challenge 2005 winners (monash uni team)

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Gierke Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Barossa Valley Posts: 1,562	Can highly recommend samsung drives. I had one in my old laptop and it was great, in my new laptop there is a WD, and it gets very hot. I'm almost tempted to replace it. __________________ \| AMD X4 955 \| 4GB DDR2 \| 8800GTS 512MB \| WD 320GB AAKS \| Lian Li A03B \|