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    HD Upgrade for Vaio. Any Suggestions?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jaystorm, Jul 12, 2009.

  1. jaystorm

    jaystorm Newbie

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    Howdy Folks!

    I am looking to Upgrade my Hard Drive from 320gb 5400rpm to something like 500gb 7200rpm or faster.

    My Budget is about $200.00. If I could get something awesome for $150 i'd be stoked!

    I have the base Model of a Sony Vaio AW. I do moderate Gaming, videos, music downloads etc. Need a bit more speed.

    What Brands and size do you suggest? Do you think Frys is the best place to buy it?

    Are the Graphics Cards upgradable on these things? I have a GeForce 9600M GT. Don't know if it can be removed though.

    Thanks for your ideas! And this site is Awesome. Great info and support. I have been lurking for a while, now I finally have a question to ask!

    Thanks again. :)
     
    jaystorm, Jul 12, 2009
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    laptopkid Notebook Consultant

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    Think I will go with this one...Think it might work! Thanks!
     
    jaystorm, Jul 13, 2009
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    Christoph.krn Notebook Evangelist

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    Do you care more about speed or about size of the harddisk?

    If you care more about speed, I'd suggest you to look for a "Western Digital Scorpio Black", available with up to 320 GB of storage. Also, I heard that the Momentus causes stronger vibrations, resulting in more noise.
    You will also be interested in: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/notebook-hard-drive,2006.html

    Usually, graphics on Laptops can't be replaced. I think there are some exceptions, but as far as I know the Sony AW Series is not one of them.
     
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  7. Phil

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    The Seagate 7200.4 500GB is outperformed by WD5000BEVT and WD3200BEKT in real life.

    Here's a review with real world benchmarks http://techreport.com/articles.x/17010
     
    Phil, Jul 14, 2009
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    NEWEGG.COM

    GET A HIGH PERFORMANCE SSD
    laptop gpu's are not upgradeable except for some weird dell universal crap that i read somewhere...
    anyways 90% arent
     
    davidkneiber, Jul 14, 2009
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