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    100gig hd

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by xuster, Aug 3, 2006.

  1. xuster

    xuster Notebook Consultant

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    What's a good 100gig 7200rpm hd? are there any out there at 10,000 rpm, or is that still not available for notebooks yet?
     
    xuster, Aug 3, 2006
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    No there arnt any 10k notebook harddrives yet, but there may be someday. They're still not too common on desktops yet ether. I dont know good brands, but im sure some people do. Or you could go onto newegg and look at some of the reviews.
     
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  4. KrispyKreme50

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    You don't have many choices if you want a 100 GB 7200 rpm drive. Here's a discussion and a link to a review:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=69252


    This is speculation, but it is rumored that solid state drives (to be released in a year or two) will have at least a sustained transfer rate of 60 MB/s, which is around the performance of the original 36 GB WD Raptor drive.
     
    KrispyKreme50, Aug 3, 2006
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  5. xuster

    xuster Notebook Consultant

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    550 for 36 gigs...yikes, not ready to shell out that kind of money for improved performance...haha. thanks for the link krispy
     
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    xuster Notebook Consultant

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    is a sata drive replacable with a parallel ata drive? i read somewhere that sata maintained backward compatibility with aprallel atas. is that correct?
     
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    No, Sata is not backward compatibility with ata. Both of them has different connectors.

    JC
     
    NetBrakr, Aug 3, 2006
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  8. xuster

    xuster Notebook Consultant

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    so if the original hd in my noteobook was a sata i would have to purchase another sata drive inorder for it to work?
     
    xuster, Aug 3, 2006
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    correct yes, according to benchmarks and people's reviews around here your top 2 choices are the Hitachi Travelstar 7k100 100gb 7200rpm harddrive or the Seagate Momentus 7200.1 both can typically be found for around 175-180
     
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    xuster Notebook Consultant

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    yea i think im gonna get the hitachi and make my current hd into an external. thanks for the help guys.
     
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    What about putting a Raptor drive in a 3.5" enclosure? Would that work?
     
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    That would work, but your transfer rate (if you use USB or Firewire) would nowhere near justify using a 10,000rpm drive. If you used eSATA, then you might benefit from a 10k drive.
     
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  13. xuster

    xuster Notebook Consultant

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    if i used a 3.5 drive wouldnt i also need an external powersource for the drive? I think if its 2.5 it can just run off of the notebook without an external.
     
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    Yes, the external 3.5 drives needs to have AC adapter to operate.

    JC
     
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    xuster Notebook Consultant

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    yea that's what I thought. Plus I'm not intersted in getting a specific external, I just need to do something with my current internal once I buy my new hd.
     
    xuster, Aug 4, 2006
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