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    I just got an Asus M50Sv-A1, and...

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by hotweiss, May 15, 2008.

  1. hotweiss

    hotweiss Notebook Consultant

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    I just got an Asus M50Sv-A1, and I was wondering if the hard drive is worth upgrading? I opened it up and the hard drive that is included is the Seagate Momentus 5400.4, which is probably the fastest 5400 rpm hard drive out there. All of the benchmarks show that it is just as fast in most tasks as a 7200 rpm hard drive. Does it make any sense to get the Seagate Momentus 7200.2? I did buy it today, and the Vista index went up from 5.3 to 5.4, but the computer did feel snappier. Was this a placebo effect?
     
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    deadmanwins Notebook Consultant

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    When I ordered mine with the 7200 rpm drive, it came with the Hitachi rather than the Seagate. The upgrade probably wasn't worth the extra I paid, but I didn't want anything to slow this laptop down.

    I'm very pleased with the hard drive performance, especially since it is about the highest rated HD available and it is very quiet.
     
    deadmanwins, May 16, 2008
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  3. hotweiss

    hotweiss Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, the stores here only sell the Seagate 7200 rpm drives. And yes, the Hitachi is the fastest now.
     
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    Vitamin Booya Newbie

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    I'm throwing in a 30gb SSD tomorrow when it shows up.

    Then again, that was $278 and write speeds are probably questionable.
     
    Vitamin Booya, May 16, 2008
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  5. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Yes, it probably was for the most part :rolleyes:. There isn't a big performance delta between the 7200 and current crop of high density 5400s.
     
    ClearSkies, May 16, 2008
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    Oldman Notebook Evangelist

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    I think it was placebo.
    Forget about benchmarks and enjoy your toy.
    You can speed up boot up time just by removing some appts from start up list. Open their preferences or configurations and un-check.
     
    Oldman, May 16, 2008
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