need new laptop hard drive

2009-01-16 08:59:48

#1

CoronadoSEAL: pics or it didn't happen; +207|6783|USA

which one should i get? _{i don't really know what brands are good and stuff}

specs:
Dell Inspiron 9300
Vista
Intel Pentium M processor 1.6 GHz
2 GB RAM
256 NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

i'm looking at these two sites, but i am open to any suggestion (i would like at least 70 GB):

newegg
zipzoomfly

thanks!

Last edited by CoronadoSEAL (2009-01-16 09:06:04)

2009-01-16 09:13:31

#2

JoshP: Banned; +176|5954|Notts, UK

Look at a Western Digital or a Samsung, they're good.
Try and get a 7200 RPM one

What's your price range?

2009-01-16 09:18:09

#3

CoronadoSEAL: pics or it didn't happen; +207|6783|USA

i'd like to spend under $80

2009-01-16 10:01:58

#4

Kurazoo: Pheasant Plucker; +440|6949|West Yorkshire, U.K

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu … subcat=910

2009-01-16 10:10:49

#5

JoshP: Banned; +176|5954|Notts, UK

Kurazoo wrote:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-001-IN&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=910

CoronadoSEAL wrote:
i'd like to spend under $80

tbh

2009-01-16 10:11:36

#6

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|7001|Salt Lake City

I prefer Seagate myself. Have had far fewer failures with them than any other brand, including WD.

Here is a 250GB drive, 7200 RPM for $80.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6822148364

However, just be careful about 7200 RPM drives. They create more heat, and if your laptop design isn't good at expelling heat, and runs hot already, you may want to consider a 5400 RPM variant.

I picked a SATA drive because I don't know for sure whether your system is new enough to be a SATA drive or still using IDE.

Last edited by Agent_Dung_Bomb (2009-01-16 10:12:25)

2009-01-16 10:13:48

#7

JoshP: Banned; +176|5954|Notts, UK

Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
I picked a SATA drive because I don't know for sure whether your system is new enough to be a SATA drive or still using IDE.

this is an important thing to find out, OP

2009-01-16 10:25:27

#8

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6462|Winland

Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
I prefer Seagate myself. Have had far fewer failures with them than any other brand, including WD.

Here is a 250GB drive, 7200 RPM for $80.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6822148364

However, just be careful about 7200 RPM drives. They create more heat, and if your laptop design isn't good at expelling heat, and runs hot already, you may want to consider a 5400 RPM variant.

I picked a SATA drive because I don't know for sure whether your system is new enough to be a SATA drive or still using IDE.

Heat isn't an issue. If it would be, that hard drive wouldn't sell very well.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-01-16 11:24:23

#9

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|7001|Salt Lake City

Freezer7Pro wrote:
Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
I prefer Seagate myself. Have had far fewer failures with them than any other brand, including WD.

Here is a 250GB drive, 7200 RPM for $80.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6822148364

However, just be careful about 7200 RPM drives. They create more heat, and if your laptop design isn't good at expelling heat, and runs hot already, you may want to consider a 5400 RPM variant.

I picked a SATA drive because I don't know for sure whether your system is new enough to be a SATA drive or still using IDE.
Heat isn't an issue. If it would be, that hard drive wouldn't sell very well.

It's just the way it is. All 7200 RPM drives create more heat, and not all laptop designs are good at dissipating heat. It depends on where the drive is located and the nature of laptop design itself. You can't compare this to a desktop system, because it just isn't the same. The insides of laptops are far more confined, so any extra heat must be account for.

2009-01-16 11:45:14

#10

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6758|N. Ireland

5400RPM would be fine..

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