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    Short stroke performance for Scorpio Black 750GB?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by synce, Dec 9, 2011.

  1. synce

    synce Notebook Consultant

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    I'm wondering if I should get a Black for my OS and use my Seagate for storage, or keep it as is and get a cheaper drive for storage. ANyone have 30GB stroke results for the Black?

    (Before anyone suggests it, not interested in an SSD. I need 750+ GB)
     

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    Loos like you already got a good performer there....
    i don't see much point in upgrading to Scorpio Black...
    You can look at new Seagate Momentus XT 750GB if you want more performance...
     
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    The 7200RPM seagates like the momentus 7200.4 are indeed slow compared to drives like the scorpio black or the Hitachi 7K500/7K750. If you are a speed junky, you'll definitely want the scorpio or 7K750.

    The best performer is the scorpio black without a doubt and the hitachis are only a little behind, but much more silent.
     
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    Well, i was thinking about the 7200.4 500GB that were in my G73, ya got me there ;). I like the results of the XT though.
     
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    Well other reviews reach different conclusions.

    I reviewed the 750GB Momentus myself and it came out a lot slower than WD.

    In Techreports multi tasking the WD 750GB is significantly faster than the Seagate.

    So what you said was accurate,
    1 WD
    2 Hitachi
    3 Seagate
     
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    So on paper the drives look similar, but IIRC it took around a minute to cold boot into Windows 7 and open Firefox on the Black while it's taking over 2 minutes on the Momentus w/same programs. Am I remembering that correctly??

    The XT 750 is starting to look more appealing now though. Performance seems on par with Black unlike the XT 500. When I had an SSD my favorite feature was how it instantly started all my programs and gadgets upon boot, does the XT do that or does it still take a bit?
     
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