Unless you have an older laptop, most newer laptops offer at least the option of an mSATA or M.2 drive plus a full size 2.5" drive. Otherwise there are 1TB SSD's reasonably priced (at least as far as SSD's go). I think SSHD's are quickly disappearing. Very little need for such a device any more.
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Since they've ditched the 7200 lines, the other thing I care is space/price. There are still quite a handful of 9.5mm HDD notebooks out there. They seem to have forgot about them. WD hasn't put out a new 9.5mm 2.5" HDD for couple of years now.
I have just checked their site, it's like they gave-up on this segmentSo the only hope for something inspiring is HGST, which is part of WD now...
There are some cheap options, like the $40 Transcend to pair it with.
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Who has ditched 7200rpm 2.5" drives?
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Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?
cdoublejj, sadly the adapter is crap.
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I guess you could find lower capacity 7200 drives, but 1TB and above, only 5400 (the only exception - 7K1000) and then again, HDD is for storage, so lower capacity is not really what I'm looking at.
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John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator
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My understanding is that hard drive access speed is determined by both rotation speed and data density (higher capacity). A faster rotation speed makes the discs able to more quickly get to a certain location, and higher data density makes information closer together and more quickly accessible. An increase in density can be enough to equal or exceed the advantage of a faster rotation speed.
Still, I would guess that the slow death of 7200 RPM drives is due to the acknowledgement that spinning drives are never going to be as fast as solid state drives. As such, continuing to make higher-performance (7200RPM) versions of what is becoming a budget product is not in a company's best interest. -
Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?
cdoublejj, the adapter in question is said to provide USB2.0 speeds only, rendering it useless for data storage.
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7200 just feels snappier even when benchmarks tell you that 5400 is not far behind. It's a sad day, look at WD's laptop section, there are only 3 drives and all of them 5400
No 7200, no hybrids, no dual drives, nothing. I hope that it means that HGST would take over the mobile segment. This new write technology should bring 4TB 2.5" (if they ever decide to scale it down) and I guess this would be it.
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Well TriTurbo was telling me on the 5920G mSata and mPCIe might be matter of swapping pins???
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As it stands now, the tri-platter 2TB Samsung M9T is the highest density drive out there, higher than any 3.5" drive.
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Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?
I believe those aiming for 7200rpm drives should rather be concerned whether the drive parks heads on every possible and impossible occasion. Now that affects real-world performance.
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I came across this in The Register.
Seagate's triple-headed Cerberus could SAVE the DISK WORLD
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I just picked up two M9T's. One is louder and vibrates more than the other.... IDK if I should be worried.
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Probably normal variance, but still within specs. If you can return it though, I would.
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If anyone is interested, I know of four sources of Samsung M9T drives. Samsung P3 Portable in 1.5TB and 2TB varieties, Seagate Expansion 2TB Portable, Seagate Backup Plus 2TB Slim, and the Seagate Backup Plus Fast 4TB (which has 2 drives in it).
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so what is considered the best over 1tb 2,5 atm with regards to value for money and quality?
i was considering this:
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Momen...id=1411210813&sr=8-1&keywords=samsung+m9t+2tb
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Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?
trvelbug, M9T is the only 2.5" 9.5mm 2TB drive available. It performs well, and is reasonably priced if bought as external, as Qing Dao described. It is the best 2.5" HDD as long as you don't use it for OS - that's what SSDs and hybrids are for.
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If you don't need 2TB, but 1.5 TB or 1 TB, go for Hitachi drives. They are the most reliable drives on the market, offer great performance, and don't break the bank. You can't lose with the 5K1500, 7K1000, 5K1000, or Z5K1000.
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Currently $100 w/ promo code on Newegg:
http://slickdeals.net/f/7671686-sam...otebook-ps4-hard-drive-100-newegg?src=pdw&v=1
2.5" / 9.5mm hard drives OVER 1TB
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