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    New 250gb 7200rpm notebook hard drive!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by phuongt, Apr 21, 2008.

  1. phuongt

    phuongt Notebook Enthusiast

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    on dell xps m1530 config page. there's a new 250gb sata 7200rpm hard drive with free fall sensor! I guess this is a new seagate momentus because of the free fall sensor. the fastest 7k200 hitachi has been beaten I guess!

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    phuongt, Apr 21, 2008
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    Warrior1986 Notebook Consultant

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    So question.

    Which hard drive would be better to get? This one or the 320GB 5400 RPM drive? I remember reading that since the platters are denser in the 320, that it's performance rivals 7200 RPM drives. But I'm not sure about this one?
     
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    Snowsurfer Rocky Mtn High

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  4. phuongt

    phuongt Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nobody has ever tried this hard disk yet. But based on the data density , this is denser than the hitach 7k200 200gb which is the fatest hard drive now(not including ssd) . So this one must be faster. 7200rpm have shorter access time which I think more useful in reality than maximum transfer rate. I open resource monitor in vista task manager and notice barely did the hard drive reach it maximum transfer rate usually about 5 to 15 MBs . In my opinion 7200 rpm hard drive will be more beneficial than the 320gb 5400rpm.
     
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  5. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    depends on what you use it for. for gaming a 7200rpm would be beneficial

    but if you deal with big stuff like video editing, you need fast transfer rate
     
    flipfire, Apr 21, 2008
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  6. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    That Fujitsu MHZ2 CJ series has impressive specs including read / write power consumption of just over 2W. Unless they are following Samsung and squeezing 3 platters into a 9.5mm thickness, it will have impressive data transfer rates.

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    John Ratsey, Apr 21, 2008
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    KrispyKreme50 Notebook Evangelist

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    If I'm not mistaken, this is Samsung's new 7200 rpm notebook drive, which has already been shipping for some time now.
     
    KrispyKreme50, Apr 22, 2008
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    This is most likely the Samsung MP2 250GB 7200RPM drive. There are no other 250+GB 7200RPM drives being sold by any other company at this moment. Fujitsu has 2 lines of 250/320GB 7200RPM drives being released in the beginning of June and July 2008 (the MHZ2 CJ and BJ respectively).
     
    sgogeta4, Apr 22, 2008
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  9. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    For reliability wise, I would not trust Seagate. From many years experience with clients and between people I know, I've seen more Seagate drives failed over the other brands. Hitachi may be slower than this drive, but it's much better imo.
     
    stewie, Apr 22, 2008
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