Will this hard drive work in my Vostro 1400?

Forgive my ignorance, but will this hard drive work in my Vostro 1400? It seems like a pretty good deal (saves ~$35 over the 160g 7200rpm from Dell). Is it worth the extram $35 for the 7200rpm? Is there a significant increase in performance in a notebook with 2g ram, 1.6 processor, not being used for gaming? Seems like I might be better served saving my $35, and getting a 5400rpm that's extremely quiet and uses the energy of a 4200rpm.

any opinions?

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Western Digital Scorpio WD1600BEVS 160GB SATA 2.5in 5400RPM Mobile Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer ***Free Shipping***




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Manufacturer SKU: WD1600BEVS
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WD Scorpio delivers best-in-class performance with low power requirements comparable to much slower notebook drives. In addition, you'll get the quietest 2.5-inch drive on the market with real-time data protection technology to help keep your data safe.

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Bare Drive
Fast and efficient - Spins at 5400 RPM for fast performance but has power specs similar to slower 4200 RPM drives. Low power consumption yields increased reliability.
Quiet - WD's exclusive WhisperDrive™ technology with SoftSeek™ algorithms make this the quietest 2.5-inch hard drive, regardless of spin speed.
Reliable - WD's ShockGuard™ technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks. WD's DuraStep Ramp™ locks the heads in a secure position away from the disk to provide another layer of protection when the drive is not in use. Utilizing the most technologically advanced material available, the drive can perform a minimum of 600,000 load/unload cycles without contamination - up to twice the performance of its competitors.
Rugged - WD Scorpio's rigid stainless steel top cover withstands more than 5 pounds of pressure - nearly 1.5 times the industry average - without pinching vital internal components.
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Performance Specifications:
Rotational Speed 5,400 RPM (nominal)
Buffer Size 8 MB
Average Latency 4.20 ms (nominal)
Seek Times:
Read Seek Time 12.0 ms
Track-To-Track Seek Time 2.0 ms (average)
Transfer Rates:
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) 1,200 MB/s (Max)
Buffer To Disk 600 Mbits/s (Max)
Physical Specifications:
Formatted Capacity 160,041 MB
Capacity 160 GB
Interface SATA 150 MB/s
Physical Dimensions:
English
Height 0.374 ±0.008 inch
Length 3.94 ±0.010 inch
Width 2.75 ±0.010 inch
Weight 0.26 Pounds
Metric
Height 9.5 ±0.20 mm
Length 100.2 ±0.25 mm
Width 69.85 ±0.25 mm
Weight 0.117 kg
Environmental Specifications:
Acoustics:
Idle Mode 24 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 0 26 dBA (average)
Temperature (English):
Operating 41° F to 140° F
Non-operating -40° F to 149° F
Temperature (Metric):
Operating 5° C to 60° C
Non-operating -40° C to 65° C
Humidity:
Operating 8-90% RH non-condensing
Non-operating 5-95% RH non-condensing
Altitude (English):
Operating -1,000 feet to 10,000 feet
Non-operating -1,000 feet to 40,000 feet
Altitude (Metric):
Operating -305M to 3,050M
Non-operating -305M to 12,200M
Vibration:
Operating:
Linear 10-500 Hz, 1.0G (0 to peak)
Random 10-500 Hz (0.309 g² / Hz)
Electrical Specifications
Current Requirements
5 VDC
Read/Write 500 mA
Idle 400 mA
Standby 50 mA
Sleep 20 mA
Power Dissipation
Read/Write 2.50 Watts
Idle 2.00 Watts
Standby 0.25 Watts
Sleep 0.10 Watts

 

What exactly do you mean save $35 ? Notebook with slower/smaller HDD + WD160GB (bought separately) is $35 cheaper than the notebook configured with a 160GB 7200 (from DELL)? If that is the case, then you are saving more than $35 because you’ll end up with an additional disk.

 

I mean that I ordered a Vostro 1400 with an 80g hard drive because it was cheaper to do that and upgrade on my own than pay to have Dell upgrade it.

Now I can either by a 7200rpm 160g hard drive from Dell for $116 plus shipping, or I can buy this 5400rpm 160g for $90 without shipping.

 

Edit: Clarified above.

So for $35 more you can get the 160GB 7200rpm drive from Dell... I'd go with that. In my personal opinion, 7200 rpm makes quite a difference in terms of performance, seeing as the hard drive is the slowest device in the computer. Plus, everything will be preinstalled and set up when you get it, so that's a plus as well. For $35 more I'd say it's definitely worth it.