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    Seagate vs. Samsung

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ElevenBee, Oct 6, 2008.

  1. ElevenBee

    ElevenBee Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently received a replacement m1530 from Dell. My original came with a samsung spinpoint mp2 250GB 7200 Rpm. The replacement drive is annotated as follows:

    1 K850F HD,250GB,FFS,9.5,7.2K,SGT-CAS

    What I've been able to dig up is that this is a 250GB seagate casey 7200 with free fall sensor. Try as I might I can't find any info on a 250GB seagate casey... I just keep running into 320GB 7200 RPM casey's.

    I'd like to keep the better performing/quieter drive etc... but I can't find any info on the seagate.

    Any input would be appreciated
     
    ElevenBee, Oct 6, 2008
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  2. pcharouz

    pcharouz Notebook Evangelist

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    they are both going to be about the same, and they are both very good (from personal experience samsung's are quieter and use a little less power, and seagate's are a bit faster)
     
    pcharouz, Oct 6, 2008
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