Hardrives in the m1530

I have yet to order the m1530 but i heard sometimes the hardrive makes noise, i dont think i will mind it too much anyway. however, im deciding whether to go with the 250 5400rpm hardrive or upgrade it to the 200 gb 7200 rpm. i was wondering that if i decide to get the cheap hardrive and then buy maybe a hitchi 7k200 or equivalent would it be quiter in terms of noise since its a better hardrive?? or is the design flaw prevalent no matter what.

 

I don't know about the 250 GB drive, but I've got the 200 GB 7200 rpm drive (a Seagate) and it's pretty quiet.

 

is that hardrive the seagate hardrive the one that comes with the laptop when you upgrade to the 200 7200rpm

 

First of all the drive the dell ships with is already likely to be a "brand name" drive like Hitachi or Seagate or whatever. Second, the 7200RPM drive should theoretically be louder than the 5400RPM drive just because it's spinning at a higher speed to begin with.

Unless there's some physical defect, most drives across the board are pretty much of the same "quality".

 

my harddrive is quiet except when it is reading data hrom the HD

 

The Seagate drive is model number ST9200420ASG. You can go to Seagate's website and get the specs for it, including the acoustics. I've also got a Thinkpad with a 5400 rpm drive in it, and both drives have about the same sound level including at idle and when seeking.

 

I have a samsung drive in mine and its silent apart from the occasional clicking which isnt really loud at all but it is noticeable

 

Cool thanks i guess the hardrives arent as bad as some people scream to be maybe some people expect perfection.

 

just a friendly advice..in order for you to upgrade from 250 to 200gig 72k rpm it cost you around $150, right?
Buy the regular 250 and then try to sell it and then get a good hdd from other stores..you'll end up with good hdd without spending too much...

 

i got the 7200rpm Hitachi, its loud when its doing something because i chose high performance mode in bios, during the day the noise doesnt matter but its kinda annoying and very noticeable when leaving it to download while you go to sleep at night (low ambient sound level) in the same room. When the hdd is idle its silent

 

I've got this one ST9200420ASG.

It's ok, but i've noticed that it makes sounds like it would be loosing power or something like that.

Is that 'clicking' some ppl mentioned here?

tbh i'm prepered that one day my system won't boot

I would like to get 64 gb SSD disc. The OCZ drive cost now 170 pounds so till the end of the year price should be acceptable

64 gb + external ethernet / usb drive will be perfect for me.

Anyone has experience with SSD? how it works with small / big files?


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Dell XPS m1530, T9300 2.5 ghz, 4gb ram, 8600 gt, 200gb 7200rm, HDSPA modem, Intel next-gen wifi

 

If you get the SSD, wait until later this week because I believe that Dell (correct me if I'm wrong) is going to upgrade the option on the xps m1530 to a 128 GB SSD at the same cost as the 64 GB SSD. I think that the only thing a SSD falls behind in compared to a HDD is the write speed which seems to be getting faster all the time. Most computing relies on reading small files and quickly finding them which is the SSD specialty. Their also quiet and allow for a faster response from you system like when opening a program or just accessing you hard drive. Also, you never need to defrag them b/c it wouldn't make a difference with the nearly instant seek time of them. A lot of people think that SSD are bad b/c of the life expectancy of the cell but level wear algorithims allow for a huge increase in their life and I think that any paranoia about their life span is exaggerated.


Here are some threads with great information:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=3257679
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=2871823#post2871823
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=163144
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=176076
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=196354
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=183474
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=3036991#post3036991

I think some are a year + old so the test results are exactly up to date with current hardware but the basic information about them is still really good

 

Thx for that.

that's still very new technology so during next 6-12 months there will be so many changes.... I can bet that on christmas there will be available 512 gb sdd ;-) won't be cheap but available

 

I've got the 5400rpm Samsung 320GB drive and it's silent pretty much all the time. As far as SSD's go, I would definitely wait on those for at least another 6 months. The return in speed that you get is hardly even noticable and you're still paying a premium. Iirc, they actually get worse battery life than HDD as well.