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    Seagate 5400 RPM SATA HDD; Good, Bad or ???

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by 21st Hermit, Jun 9, 2006.

  1. 21st Hermit

    21st Hermit Notebook Consultant

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    I'm looking to upgrade my 40GB SATA in my Dell E1505. ZZF has a good deal, $80, on 80GB Seagate Momentus 5400 rpm SATA's. Always had Toshiba mobile HDD's and never thought of Seagate as a mobile player.

    Any users thoughts on Seagate?

    Thanks,
    Hermit
     
    21st Hermit, Jun 9, 2006
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  2. lku

    lku Notebook Consultant

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    Seagate is pretty good.
     
    lku, Jun 9, 2006
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  3. Blue_Sphere

    Blue_Sphere Notebook Guru

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    Agreed Seagate is pretty standard now and the drives run well.
     
    Blue_Sphere, Jun 9, 2006
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  4. TripleH

    TripleH Notebook Consultant

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    Its good and noticeably faster than samsungs, toshibas.....get one man. I upgraded from Samsung to Seagate and couldnt be happier. Get the momentus 2, that is what I have.
     
    TripleH, Jun 9, 2006
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  5. ez2remember

    ez2remember Notebook Evangelist

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    Seagate is the king of notebook perfomance at the moment... IBM a close 2nd.
     
    ez2remember, Jun 9, 2006
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    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's not faster than the Hitachi's but IMO it is a better mobile HDD because it consumes less power and produces less heat. Plus it is a bit more silent than the Hitachi.
     
    qwester, Jun 9, 2006
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