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    Simple 7811fx question

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by FairTrade, Jun 13, 2009.

  1. FairTrade

    FairTrade Notebook Geek

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    just a quick question here, what sort of harddrive is compatiable with the 7811fx? i notice i have an empty slot and a full harddrive, so i figrured i'd get an extra one...so what kind do i need to get...any suggestions?
     
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  2. MistaChy

    MistaChy Notebook Enthusiast

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    stick with the momentus. they sell them cheap on newegg. no tax, free shipping. i bought 2 of the seagate momentus 7200.3 which are the 320 gb hardrives, or you can just buy another momenuts 7200.2 like the one you got.

    i bought the 2 320's so i could do a raid strip 0 and get one huge volume.
     
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  3. Kamin_Majere

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    Any 2.5in SATA hard drive is compatible with the 7811, as well any 2.5in SATA SSD.
     
    Kamin_Majere, Jun 13, 2009
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    mEatWad Notebook Consultant

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    mmmmmnachos Notebook Enthusiast

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    I added the 500gb Scorpio blue for my storage drive and am about to upgrade my system drive to the 500gb 7200.4 seagate momentus: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148374

    Personally, I wouldn't bother with RAID because the added heat in a laptop isn't worth the little to no performance increase other than in certain benchmarks.
     
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  7. FairTrade

    FairTrade Notebook Geek

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    okay, now to make the question more specific...what would advise me to get from amazon for 50 or under (i got a $50 gift card)
     
    FairTrade, Jun 19, 2009
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