Hard Drive Upgrades

After tinkering around with my M9750, to my pleasure i discovered the ease of replacing / upgrading the hard drives.

For now, im after a 2nd drive for my spare slot.

Ive heard about SSD's and wondering if they are better than HDD's, and the positives / negatives and if they will fit in the HD bay.

If not, whats a good make of HDD's, with around 10,000 rpm, and 160gb?

Thanks

 

There are no 10k laptop hard drives. SSDs consume less power and are faster than hard drives. They also have no moving parts. They are very expensive as compared to a traditional hard drive per GB. With time almost all notebooks are going to move to SSDs where battery life and power consumption are paramount.

 

There are 10,000 RPM 2.5 inch hard drives - but I'm not sure there's any that will work in a standard notebook. The Fujitsu MAY2073 is one 10K 2.5 inch hard drive, but because of the Serial Attached SCSI interface I don't believe it will work for your notebook. The Hitachi Ultrastar C10K147 also sports 10,000 RPM in a 2.5 inch drive, but again is SAS interface. I'm not an expert on interfaces, but I don't think these will work. If they do, though, they'll be what you're looking for.

For 7200 RPM drives, the 200 GB Hitachi Travelstar 7K200 is a good choice and one of the fastest notebook hard drives. I have the similar 160 GB model and have been quite pleased with its speed. Seagate also offers a Momentus 7200.2 200 GB, 7200 RPM model, which from what I've read is just slightly slower than the Hitachi but also quieter.

Solid state drives are pricey. The highest capacity one is 128 GB, and it costs $3000. 64 GB ones go for about $1500. You might want to hold off on going solid state for a little while.

 

The 10k drives you mentioned use a SCSI interface which won't work on a notebook. They are designed for use in blade servers.

 

Thanks for all the info, and yes, I think I'll hold off on the SSD for now until they become slightly cheaper.

Hitachi it is then.