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    worth updating to 7200rpm HDD

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Lum-X, Oct 27, 2010.

  1. Lum-X

    Lum-X Notebook Evangelist

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    I have a Western Digital Scorpio Blue 320 and i need more storage.
    is it worth going for Western Digital Scorpio Black 500 or just buy the blue 620.

    what i'm concern is the heat and some are saying that the 500 black heats up a lot
     
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    You can view all the specs for the 2 drives including power consumption here.
     
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    Thanks about that but i'm just worried about the temps.
    some are saying that they get hot and thats a thing that i dont like cause i lost some data before from this problem and a HDD too
     
    Lum-X, Oct 28, 2010
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    I recommend getting the Coolermaster Notepal U3 and putting a fan under the hard drive bay. You should be fine after that. Besides, these drives use like 1W idle, so an extra drive wouldn't make much of a difference as long as one is always idling.
     
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