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    question about inspiron 1520 HD upgrade

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by neupogen01, Nov 8, 2008.

  1. neupogen01

    neupogen01 Newbie

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    Will the following HD work for my inspiron 1520? (Search it on newegg, apparently I can't post the URL, till I have 15 posts.)

    Model
    Brand SAMSUNG
    Series Spinpoint M6
    Model HM500LI

    Performance
    Interface SATA 3.0Gb/s
    Capacity 500GB
    Cache 8MB
    Average Seek Time 12ms
    Average Latency 5.6ms
    RPM 5400 RPM
    Physical Spec
    Form Factor 2.5"

    I'm concerned that it won't use it causes its SATA 3.0gb/s instead of 1.5 gb/s.
     
    neupogen01, Nov 8, 2008
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  2. Phil

    Phil Retired

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    The SATA1 vs. SATA is no problem at all.

    The Samsung HM500LI has high power consumption and slow acces times. Cheak Tomshardware.com for more details.

    Better get WD5000BEVT or Seagate 5400.6
     
    Phil, Nov 8, 2008
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  3. Apollo13

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    It will work, however. It has a 9.5mm height, which is what the 1520 supports.

    The reason that PhilFlow recommends the WD5000BEVT is that is has two physical platters of 250 GB each, rather than three of 166 GB each on the Samsung. The more GB on each platter, the faster the drive is, all else equal. So the Western Digital is a faster 500 GB hard drive.

    The Samsung one is $30 cheaper on Newegg this weekend, though - if capacity is your main concern, I'd say at $110 vs. $140 the Samsung is the better deal.
     
    Apollo13, Nov 8, 2008
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