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    I need a low heat 160GB+ HDD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Ken Wind, Sep 24, 2007.

  1. Ken Wind

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    It should be 5400 or 7200 RPM. Anybody have a suggestion? On a related note, is there a recent roundup of notebook hard drives with temperature benchamarks?
     
    Ken Wind, Sep 24, 2007
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    Here is a link to Toms Hardware HDD comparisons it does not list exactly what you want but one is Idle Power Consumption and since power consumed relates to heat at some level best I could do. There are a limited number of brand names so you could check them all out on their homepage, those would be Hitachi; Seagate, Western Digital, Fujitsu, maybe more. I like Hitachi myself.
     
    powerpack, Sep 25, 2007
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    Thanks powerpack. I already saw that comparison, but I'll look more closely at power consumption on some of the drives I'm interested in. It's so thorough, I'm surprised they didn't take temperature readings too.
     
    Ken Wind, Sep 25, 2007
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  4. John Ratsey

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    Temperature readings are only meaningful under controlled conditions. I've seen the same HDD run at temperatures different by about 10C in different computers under the same ambient conditions and I've seen HDD temperatures vary massively depending on the ambient temperature.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Sep 25, 2007
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    A 250 or 300gb 5400rpm hdd should be the best bet, they are so data dense that there is less phisical movement needed to read data wich results in less heat/energy.

    I have a WD 250 in mine and its super silent and cool running.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Sep 25, 2007
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    Do you need a SATA or PATA drive?
     
    Phil, Sep 25, 2007
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  7. Ken Wind

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    SATA

    That WD Scorpio 250GB looks like a good performer.
     
    Ken Wind, Sep 25, 2007
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  8. John Ratsey

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    I've got two and have had no problems. Reasonably fast, cool and quiet. There are some reports at Newegg about problems with this HDD but there are no reports of problems (that I have seen) on this forum, unlike the Samsung HM250JI which had compatibility problems (probably now fixed) with the Intel 945 chipset.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Sep 25, 2007
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