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    First 2.5" HDD 640GB 7200rpm

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Marengo, Apr 7, 2010.

  1. Marengo

    Marengo Notebook Consultant

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    For those who want big capacity but cannot afford an SSD yet, Samsung has just released the first 2,5" HDD with 640GB and 7200rpm.
    It has 16MB cache too and important to mention that it is a notebbok friendly 9,5mm height.

    http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/04/0...a-2-5-inch-640gb-7200-rpm-drive-meant-for-us/

    http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/internal/internal.html

    It is interesting to notice, that this announcement coincide with Apple latest rumors on potentially new MacBookPro with a possible a 640GB HDD at 7200rpm! :)

    P.S. Please feel free to add some benchmarks if you find a review soon.
     
    Marengo, Apr 7, 2010
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  2. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Nice find.
     
    sgogeta4, Apr 7, 2010
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  3. Weegie

    Weegie Notebook Deity

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    Geez, WD hasn't even got a 7.2k 500GB model to market yet.....wonder why not.

    Thanks for the news though Marengo :)
     
    Weegie, Apr 8, 2010
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  4. Phil

    Phil Retired

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    Very interesting drive. I would wait for benchmarks though, I've never seen Samsung do really well on real world performance.
     
    Phil, Apr 8, 2010
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    Oh really? :D

    I kid, I know you're referring to recent history.
     
    laserbullet, Apr 8, 2010
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    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    I would be less worried about performance: All the recent HDDs of similar capacity and data density tend to have similar performance, but one of Samsung's earlier attempts at a 7200rpm 2.5" HDD is at the wrong end of the power consumption chart.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Apr 8, 2010
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    I do have to agree with both of them but u have to realise.. u can't have the best of both worlds..
     
    sean473, Apr 8, 2010
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  8. Marengo

    Marengo Notebook Consultant

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    You are welcome. :)

    Don't ask me why, but I prefer WD drives too.
    To be honest, there isn't any real reason, it is just that I trust them more.

    Usually when platter density increases, so does performance. That is why many high capacity 5400rpm drives perform similar to the old 320GB 7200rpm HDD's.
    So it should be interesting to see how this new Samsung compares with the old 7200rpm drives and the new WD 750GB 5400rpm.
     
    Marengo, Apr 8, 2010
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  9. Weegie

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    Too much of a manufacturer obsession with watts on performance drives imo, if I want low power usage, I'll use a 5400rpm drive

    Hopefully this or a new WD will kick this trend of longer and longer access times thats all the rage these days, improved capacity and transfer are good, but short access time/higher IOPS is what makes them feel faster imo.
     
    Weegie, Apr 8, 2010
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  10. ramgen

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    I don't think it would perform much better than Hitachi 500GB-7200RPM. The increase in the data density is not that much.

    320GB to 500GB transition had 56% increase in density. 500GB to 640GB has half of that (28%).


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    ramgen, Apr 8, 2010
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