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    7200 Hard Drive upgrade for Sony

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by MensConfidence, Feb 10, 2009.

  1. MensConfidence

    MensConfidence Newbie

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    I'm buying the Sony VAIO VGN-CS215J/W and it only carries the 5400 hard drive with 250G. I've been told that a 7200 will run MUCH faster and it isn't too expensive. Is this an appropriate upgrade? What is a decent brand?
     
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  2. Euquility

    Euquility Notebook Deity

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    err im not sure its going to be as fast as you think. It probably will be a bit faster for accessing files and you may boot up faster but Im not quite sure how fast is MUCH faster =)

    Western Digital, Hitachi, Seagate are all good brands for hard drives.
     
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  3. Michel.K

    Michel.K 167WAISIQ

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    What's the brand in the sony atm?

    It aint gonna be that MUCH faster, but it is gonna be faster. A normal 250GB 5400 drive today runs at about 50MB/s a new 320GB 7200 runs at around 70MB/s and the new 500GB 7200rpm runs at around 80MB/s. So up to ~60% faster.
     
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  4. MensConfidence

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    thanks!!! I'll stick with the current.
     
    MensConfidence, Feb 11, 2009
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