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    Acer Ferrari 3400 hard drive upgrade

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by tp99, Jan 11, 2005.

  1. tp99

    tp99 Newbie

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    After much deliberation and days of reading this helpful message board I purchased an Acer Ferrari 3400. It appears I might benefit with swapping the hard drive to a 60G Hitachi 7200 (E7K60). Does anyone have any input regarding heat increase to performance ratio or a different drive to reccomend?
     
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    bmhome1 Notebook Consultant

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    I've had a 60GB 7200 Hitachi drive in a Mac laptop for over a year. The heat difference is non-existent, very little battery cost, no added vibration, amazing speed boost overall.

    Just installed another in my new Acer 303XMi with same huge overall speed boost (even with 1.7 Dothan and 1GB RAM). Highly recommended. Zipzoomfly.com consistently has best prices. Don't opt for the 24/7 version, it lacks some battery power saving features.

    Swapping an Acer hard drive couldn't be simplier, two screws on port door and slip out hard drive (3400 should be similar to 303 bottom).

    I also highly recommend Apricorn EZ Upgrade USB kit, it will clone the OS in minutes and directly swap out drives and be running in minutes without ANY knowledge, software or extra hardware necessary. Just be SURE to not restart the laptop with the cloned drive USB connected to preserve drive letters.
     
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    AdvidG Notebook Consultant

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    I'm running a newly installed Seagate Momentus 5400rpm 100GB HD. I really didn't notice a grand speed difference, but it's very quiet and the extra space is simply wonderful. Seagate is about to release a 7200rpm 100GB model too. Just so you know...

    link:
    http://www.seagate.com/cda/newsinfo/newsroom/releases/article/0,1121,2169,00.html
     
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    Thanks for the feedback. I think I will go with the 60 gig Hitachi because of price and availability. I got the machine yesterday and ran SETI@home for several hours without any excessive heat - the 7200 drive shouldn't be a problem.

    The Apricorn EZ Upgrade USB kit sounds interesting. I definitely will go with a clean generic OS this time. I have never been fond of factory loaded installs.
     
    tp99, Jan 13, 2005
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