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    Will my Dell e1705 support a 320GB 7200rpm SATA drive

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by malanski, Aug 21, 2008.

  1. malanski

    malanski Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is my first thread - so hello everyone.
    Since buying my laptop over a year ago I have found lots of useful information here. Now I have decided to register so I can ask my own questions. Maybe I will be able to help other members as well.

    English is not my native language, so please do correct me If I make some serious errors.

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    I posses a Dell E1705 laptop. I bought it with a 100GB SATA drive. I am almost sure that it is a 5400rpm drive. However 100GB is currently not enough for me. I browsed through some shop offers in my country and found a hard drive which would suite me well. It's a 320GB Seagate Serial ATA/300 7200rpm 16MB cache ST9320421AS drive.

    I was wondering if my Dell will support this drive. First of all will it recognize the full capacity? Secondly does it make any difference that the new drive has 7200rpm (perhaps it needs more energy)? I think I ought to measure my old drive to ensure that the physical dimensions are equal.

    Thank you for all the help and tips in advance :) .
     
    malanski, Aug 21, 2008
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  2. Manni

    Manni Notebook Consultant

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    Hello Malanski, welcome to this forum!
    Provided the physical interface and dimension are the same, and also you use a modern OS (ie WinXP, Vista) using NTFS or FAT32, the Seagate should be fine. A 7200rpm will use a bit more energy, that's the trade off for more speed. I would advise you before you buy to have a look at the WD Scorpio Black (7200rpm, 16mb buffer, 320gb) which is one of the best performers around, and allegedly better than the seagate. Here is a link: http://www.kikatek.com/product_info.php?products_id=77384&source=froogle. Of course I'm not sure you can get it in your country...
     
    Manni, Aug 21, 2008
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