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    Quick hard drive question

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Danja, May 2, 2009.

  1. Danja

    Danja Notebook Evangelist

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    Would a 5k 500GB drive perform as well as the 7k 160GB that came with the P-17x FX laptops? I'm looking for benchmarks for the 160 GB but all google search shows me is desktop drives.
     
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    With the specs of the P-17x FX, the 5K drive would do just fine, and it would be a bit quieter.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, May 2, 2009
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  3. Kamin_Majere

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    About the same, a bit worse in some areas and a bit better in others.

    Its about like comparing it to a 7200rpm 320GB drive. The benchmarks are pretty close between the two.

    But you will have 3 times the storage capacity so with similar speeds and 3x storage i think its a better hard drive all around
     
    Kamin_Majere, May 2, 2009
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  4. Danja

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    Thanks! I think I'll go with the Hitachi 5k500 rather than waiting for the 7ks to start showing up.
     
    Danja, May 2, 2009
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