Memory and Hard Drives

I was hoping to get some opinions on two options I have in ordering my laptop.

First- Corsair DDR-2 667 Mhz vs. Kingston DDR-2 667 Mhz Memory

Second- Seagate 7200 RPM 100GB HD vs. Hitachi 7200 RPM 100GG HD

Cost is not a consideration for me, just performance (speed) and quality.

Thanks!!!

 

I'd go with the Corsair if all prices are the same. They won't perform significantly differently, so just go with the cheapest.

As for hard drives, I haven't had any problems with either. Many people will recommend Hitachi, though (from what I gather.) It's what I have in this machine, and it's perfectly quiet for me.

 

I have a Hitachi 7200 RPM HDD in all of my computers, as well as Corsair memory in all of my computers. I've owned a good dozen sets of Corsair RAM. Not one of these 24+ modules was faulty or failed at any time. Corsair has some good ram at decent prices, and they will usually run at very tight timings. Don't forget about the lifetime warranty- not that you'll ever need it.

I've been happy with Hitachi for hard disks. Seagate tends to be more expensive, so I've never tried them out. I've heard that Hitachi's are slightly faster(you wouldn't be able to tell the difference) and run slightly hotter. They are also a little louder, or so I have heard. They are great quality, and I would definately recommend them. However, you should be fine either way you go. Do not that you can run Hitachi drives in acoustic mode and you won't even realize they are on.

You should know that the performance differences between different RAM modules in your category and difference hard disks in your category will be unnoticeable. Unless you run some sort of benchmark, you won't have a clue as to which is faster. Benchmarks will only show slight(less than 1% in most cases) performance differences.

 

I've always had good luck with Corsair myself. I don't think Kingston is was it used to be. And I've always used Seagate hard drives (at least in my desktops) because it's the only brand I've never had fail on me. WD and Maxtor have both failed on me at least once (Maxtor more than once). I have admittedly never owned a Hitachi, though, so can't say much about them.