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    Best 7811 HD?Size/Performance/Temp?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by elusiveflip, Jan 26, 2009.

  1. elusiveflip

    elusiveflip Notebook Consultant

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    I'm just wondering what people's opinions are on what would be the best HD for the 7811. The thing is, I want the biggest single HD available, best performance, and the lowest temperatures. I'm not really looking for RAID functionality either. Is there a single HD that encompasses these three attributes, or do you sacrifice one for another?

    Right now I'm just using the stock Seagate ST9200420AS 200GB 7200 RPM HD and it seems to run hotter than I'd like. The manufacturing guide says operational temps run up to 60C but I've seen it go up really close to 60C or even past it by a degree or two when I monitor it with HWMonitor.
     
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    Mormegil83 I Love Lamp.

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    right this second if temps is a big concern you may want to look into the 500gb 5400rpm some say it rivals the 320gb 7200rpm in speed and being 5400rpms usually means its less heat. this is what i gather... you may want to do some research. also there has been anticipation of seagates 7200.04 drive for months which is going to be a 500gb 7200rpm drive if it is ever released...
     
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  3. elusiveflip

    elusiveflip Notebook Consultant

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    I've been looking at NewEgg Canada and they only seem to offer the SAMSUNG Spinpoint M6 HM500LI, and the Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325AS. I checked the NewEgg US site and they offer the Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT. Does anyone know which of these perform better and run cooler? I'm not exactly HD savvy but would these HD's work in the 7811-FX?

    http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2030150380 1309740009&name=500GB
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2030150380 1309740009&name=500GB
     
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  4. Mormegil83

    Mormegil83 I Love Lamp.

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    i believe most prefer the Western Digital. seagate is good too but i believe the samsung is the one to avoid. It uses 3 platters, making the data less dense per platter and therefore slower... (correct me if i'm wrong)
     
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    western digitals are known to run cooler i believe
     
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    Not sure why you have such an issue with heat but the coolest drive you will get is SSD. Toshiba have just launched their 500GB SSD although expect to pay stupid money for it when it hits retail channels in March / April.

    Avoid the Samsung like the plague. The Seagate and WD 500GB 5400rpm drives are both pretty good although the long awaited Seagate 500GB 7200rpm drive should be hitting the market very soon (famous last words).
     
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    You could always get a small SSD drive, like maybe 50 gigs or so, and install all your games to it. It'll be a lot faster and cooler. But yeah, a 500GB SSD... That sounds like it would cost more than the entire computer.

    Oh, I'm also assuming you play games on the 7811. It's not the best multimedia computer, and it sure isn't worth it to get one for everyday tasks. But if you don't play games and your hard drive is getting that hot, that would be very strange.
     
    gamadaya, Jan 26, 2009
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