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    Choosing a hard drive, help!!!!!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by chennaxin95, Aug 14, 2011.

  1. chennaxin95

    chennaxin95 Notebook Guru

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    Here's 3 drives i've been looking for, but not sure which one is better...
    Newegg.com - Western Digital Scorpio Black WD7500BPKT 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive
    Newegg.com - Seagate Momentus XT ST95005620AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ Solid State Hybrid Drive -Bare Drive
    Newegg.com - Western Digital Scorpio Black WD7500BPKT 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive

    Thanks you guys...
     
    chennaxin95, Aug 14, 2011
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  2. Jas71

    Jas71 Notebook Evangelist

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    The first and third ones are the same. Is this a boot drive or will it be a data drive? If it is a boot drive the Momentus XT will be better, but if it is a data drive, the Scorpio is great. Using a Momentus XT as a data drive defeats the purpose and for the same price you can get 250GB more of space.
     
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    chennaxin95 Notebook Guru

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    I'm looking for a data drive, but since i have many external ones so space isn't my first concern ,i would choose according to the performance...
     
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    The Momentus XT can provide a significant performance benefit but only for frequently used data (programs, Windows, etc.) so unless you're using it as a boot drive or for programs, go for a higher capacity drive.
     
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    Jas71 Notebook Evangelist

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    Exactly. 10char
     
    Jas71, Aug 14, 2011
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