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    Best 250 gb HD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Zam, Oct 3, 2007.

  1. Zam

    Zam Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    Zam, Oct 3, 2007
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    Pureknight Notebook Consultant

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    It's gotta be between the Samsung and Hitachi, since the two WD are ATA,and you need a sata hard drive
     
    Pureknight, Oct 3, 2007
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    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    Hitachi,....
     
    powerpack, Oct 3, 2007
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    RasBastard Notebook Consultant

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    I have the WD scorpio and have had it since its initial release. Its a great drive for the money and mine is SATA.
     
    RasBastard, Oct 3, 2007
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  5. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    WD2500BEV S is SATA and WD2500BEV E is EIDE / PATA (AFAIK the only PATA HDD >160GB).

    Based on past performance I would expect the Hitachi to have fractionally better performance provided you don't mind the noise; the Samsung is probably the coolest and quietest; while the WD is also quiet but runs a little warmer. Performance-wise there's very little between the Samsung and the WD.

    I've been running the WD2500BEVS for over 2 months. There are some reports on NewEgg of SMART problems with this HDD. I tired running ActiveSMART which reports problems but WD's diagnostics give it a completely clean bill of health. Before the WD I had the Samsung but that had compatibility problems with the Intel 945 chipset so I sent it back (I believe this has now been fixed and Samsung would probably be my choice if I was buying now because they have a good balance between power, performance and noise).

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Oct 4, 2007
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  6. Zam

    Zam Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    Hitachi seems noisy to me from the current Hitachi I have in my V6Va, so I think I'll go for Samsung, Thanks :)
     
    Zam, Oct 4, 2007
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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    I just got the samsung. I'm gonna pick it up from the post office after I eat.
     
    fabarati, Oct 4, 2007
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    Any experiences on the new toshiba 250 GB 5400 SATA drive yet?
     
    amerks, Oct 15, 2007
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  9. zfactor

    zfactor Mastershake

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    i have the wd scorpio and it is great, i have no issues with it. the hitachi are great drives but i agree they are def noisy. segate would be my first choice but if i was looking at price the wd or samsung are what i would pick imo with the wd ahead of the samsung..i had a couple of bad samsung drives in the past the reason they would be last on my list
     
    zfactor, Oct 16, 2007
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