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    Inspiron E1505 HDD Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by caboose1, Dec 11, 2007.

  1. caboose1

    caboose1 Newbie

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    I have a dell e1505 and want to upgrade the hdd to a 7200 rpm hdd for better preformance. here is a link to my current hdd: http://accessories.dell.com/sna/PopupProductDetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=341-3508&price=90(it is a 5200rpm 120gb hdd). I was looking at some hdds on newegg and was wondering if they would be compatible/ how much would they increase my performance here are 2 i was looking at:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145160
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145180
     
  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    You should see a good improvement from those.
     
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    tumnasgt Notebook Evangelist

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    They are both compatible, if you are happy to pay for either of them, go for the 200GB, it is the fastest laptop HDD available.
     
  4. caboose1

    caboose1 Newbie

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    Thanks, ill get the 200 gb one, that combined with the 2gb ram im gonna get should make a huge performance upgrade