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Posted by Guillermo on April 28, 2005, 3:59 pm
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I want to upgrade my sony PCG-FX340 laptop16GB harddrive to something better
and bigger.
I am considering buying either a 40 GB or 60GB drive.
I read some webpages and everyone recommends going to 5400 RPM as opposed to
4200 RPM.
Now I am debating among the brands I can get.
I was thinking about a 60GB Samsung Spinpoint, and a Hitachi travelstar
60GB.
I can get either for about $90
I can get 40GB versions for about $70
Does anyone recommend one of those over the other one?
Or maybe even other brand? Seagate? WD?
thanks,
guillermo
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Posted by Pagan on April 28, 2005, 7:36 pm
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> I want to upgrade my sony PCG-FX340 laptop16GB harddrive to something
better
> and bigger.
> I am considering buying either a 40 GB or 60GB drive.
> I read some webpages and everyone recommends going to 5400 RPM as opposed
to
> 4200 RPM.
> Now I am debating among the brands I can get.
> I was thinking about a 60GB Samsung Spinpoint, and a Hitachi travelstar
> 60GB.
> I can get either for about $90
> I can get 40GB versions for about $70
> Does anyone recommend one of those over the other one?
> Or maybe even other brand? Seagate? WD?
I'd go for Fujitsu, Seagate, or WD.
I suggest you get at least a 5400rpm drive with 16mb of cache. You'll get
good speed for a good price.
How big of drive is something only you can figure, but I recommend the
biggest you can afford, for a couple reasons. For one, you'll get some more
speed. You'll also have room for storing movies. While you can play them
in a DVD drive, you can save loads of battery by transferring the movie to
your HD and playing it from there.
Pagan
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Posted by Bert Hyman on April 28, 2005, 8:09 pm
Please log in for more thread options gmozavala@hotmail.com (Guillermo) wrote in
> I read some webpages and everyone recommends going to 5400 RPM as
> opposed to 4200 RPM.
Actually, the ante has now been raised to 7200RPM :-)
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Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com
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Posted by Guillermo on April 28, 2005, 4:25 pm
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> gmozavala@hotmail.com (Guillermo) wrote in
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> > I read some webpages and everyone recommends going to 5400 RPM as
> > opposed to 4200 RPM.
>
> Actually, the ante has now been raised to 7200RPM :-)
>
Yes, I read that also (I think Hitachi are the only ones who have that one),
but I also read that the 7200 RPM sucks a lot more of battery power, and is
probably much more expensive. Don't want to spend $150 right now....
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Posted by John Doue on April 28, 2005, 9:38 pm
Please log in for more thread options Guillermo wrote:
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>>gmozavala@hotmail.com (Guillermo) wrote in
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>>
>>>I read some webpages and everyone recommends going to 5400 RPM as
>>>opposed to 4200 RPM.
>>
>>Actually, the ante has now been raised to 7200RPM :-)
>>
>
>
> Yes, I read that also (I think Hitachi are the only ones who have that one),
> but I also read that the 7200 RPM sucks a lot more of battery power, and is
> probably much more expensive. Don't want to spend $150 right now....
>
>
Personally, if I were to plan such an upgrade, I would go at least to
the 80 gig size whose reliability is proven (not to say that 100G is
not, but less, then). If you think today 60 gig will do ... chances are
you will be reconsidering sooner rather than later. With regards to
speed, the main issue with the 7200 RPM is not, IMHO, battery power or
price (always an issue of course!) but vibrations. Unless you are sure
you can return such a drive if you do not like it, stay away from 7200
RPM. Heat might be an issue, too, but others know better than me in this
regard, certainly.
With regards to brands, I am partial to Hitachi and would not consider
Samsung for lack of history on hd. Just me.
Regards
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John Doue
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