Best 1tb-2tb drive for laptop?

Hey,

Looking for a large 2.5" 1tb+ for laptop. Any recommendations? It should be 7200rpm.

I have tried searching for a few but not really sure whats the best out there in terms of performance.

Thank you.

 

I think there's only one 1 TB 7200 RPM drive of decent thickness (9.5 mm) available for laptops right now and it is made by Hitachi: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145875. The others I have seen online are server drives that are 15 mm thick (good luck fitting that into a laptop).

 

There is a 2TB drive available. But it's a Scorpio Green, so forget performance. There are only a handful of 1TB drives available in 9.5mm height, and most (if not all) of them well be 5400 RPMs.

The 2TB drive I mentioned is 15mm tall so unless you've got a caddy specifically designed for that height, you're SOL.

Western Digital Green WD20NPVT 2TB IntelliPower 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive - Newegg.com

 

Hitachi (I think) announced a 9.5mm 1.5TB hard drive, no idea if it's available yet, I've looked everywhere and can't find it.

 

Not available yet, and it's "only" 5400rpm. The Toshiba MQ01ABC150 (5400rpm, 1.5TB, 12.5mm thick) fits in some laptops and has decent perfs.

 

Always been partial to Travelstars....

See:
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 Review: A 1 TB Notebook Drive At 7200 RPM - HGST's 1 TB Mobile Drive, Spinning At 7200 RPM


Hitachi has consistently offered the best performance (overall) at the lowest price, lowest noise and lowest power requirements of all HDD's I've ever used. Real world; not just in some benchmark 'scores'.

 

the 80 dollar hitachi drive is 7200 rpm assuming it's ah hitachi my memory fails me.

EDIT: poster above linked it.

hhhmm i might possible jump on that when it comes out or more likely i'll wait for a 7200 rpm version.

 

Check out the Seagate 1T HD + SSD (3rd gen) 5400rpm and 8 gig MLC nand flash, SATA 6Gb/s

Seagate implemented several platform changes to the SSHD Gen3. While Gen2 provided users with 8GB SLC NAND, the Gen3 switched to 8GB MLC NAND. This modification does sacrifice some endurance, but the majority of users won't deplete the endurance for the lifetime of the drive's warranty making it mostly a non-issue. By switching to MLC NAND, Seagate is also able to reduce the Gen3 production cost greatly and thus lower the price significantly. Seagate has also decided to streamline their laptop drive production by exclusively offering 5,400 RPM drives. So while the Gen2 had a 7,200 RPM drive, the Gen3 spins at 5,400 RPM. Thanks to improvements in the cache technology, the cache miss pain of hitting the slower spinning drive should be mitigated, but regardless, hitting the drive without flash assistance is going to hurt a little more than in the Gen2 drive.

The Seagate SSHD Gen3 power consumption is lower than the Gen2 in every test but idle, where it is nearly the same. Across the board, the Gen3 made strong gains and saved 0.3-1.2 watts depending on the job it was doing.

 

lol only 8gb

 

Ehh, I'm still a bit leery of those hybrid drives with their SSD caches built in.

It is. As I said before, most of the drives currently will be 5400RPMs. There are a few 7200 RPM 1TB 2.5" drives coming to market, but nothing above the 2TB mark. I did find this HGST (Hitachi) 1.5TB drive which claims its height is 9.5mm. I will have to do more research to confirm. Only drawback is it's 5400 RPM spindle speed.

Travelstar 5K1500 | HGST, a Western Digital company

 

Update: Seagate is releasing a 1TB w/ 32GB MLC NAND SSHD at the end of this month. This time with write to NAND capability. Its still 5400RPM but the 32GB read and now write should make it as fast as regular SSD's and you get higher capacity without breaking your wallet! The Seagate hybrid 1TB model is ST1000LX003. Check the spec sheet at Seagate website.

 

Thanks for the info, can't wait to get my hands on one of these... Next step, Hitachi 5k1500-based SSHD? /dreaming aloud

 

It still bugs me that it is a 5400 RPM though, even expecting good platter density, if you have large programs and a lot of them, you'll still feel that 5400 RPM sometimes. For the average Joe who only browses the Internet and uses MS Office, it should perform fairly nicely and offer decent price/performance.

 

personally prefer 5400 in laptop as the few 7200 I got always shake it up. It is really noticeable compare to 5400.

 

I just need a 1.5 TB 7200 RPM version. Come on lucky number 7! *blows on dice and rolls*

 

In the StorageMark 2010 Gaming Mark Capture, the Seagate Gen3 (8 Gig Nand) really shined. It offered performance 53.8% higher than the Momentus XT 750GB, leading the pack of 2.5-inch consumer platter-based drives. Note: The Seagate ST1000LX003 (32 Gig Nand) has not been benchmarked yet.

 

None on Hitachi. Toshiba, or WD. I've checked all their available and upcoming models. Nothing specific. I will keep looking.