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    Upgrading my harddisk

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Jade767, Aug 18, 2008.

  1. Jade767

    Jade767 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello all,

    Lately, my notebook has become my main workarea and the space I use on the harddisk has increased a lot. To counter this issue I was thinking of an external harddrive, and tbh I can't really bother taking an external harddrive with me all the time. I use a sleeve for my notebook, so taking it with me is just a bother (and I'm a bit lazy). So I thought of getting another harddisk, a bigger one.

    Now, currently I have this Fujitsu (120GB version MHW2120BH). It came with my 8510p.

    I've been looking around and found this 320GB Samsung. The store sells it for €75,90 which is pretty good for my low student budget. The store only sells samsungs, so I haven't really found anything better.

    Is there a better notebook harddrive which performs better, has 250GB+ space and is reasonably priced?

    Thank you for your time.
     
    Jade767, Aug 18, 2008
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  2. jisaac

    jisaac Notebook Deity

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    most of the 5400rpm 320gb drives have similar performance (ruling out 7200rpm cos of cost). Good price though, look around for wd3200bevt aswell.
     
    jisaac, Aug 18, 2008
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  3. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    The 5K320 and ST9320320AS are cooler and quieter whereas the WD3200BEVT just edges ahead in benchmarks. I like the Fujitsu MHZ2320BH as well, since it is the coolest of all :D, and provides decent performance + it is cheapest of the lot (in the UK).
    The 7K320 is a bit noisy and has idle temps of about ~45*C, whereas the WD3200BEKT (or JKT) also provides good performance and has idle temps of about 40*C. You can take a look at the Seagate 7200.3 as well.

    (Hitachi 7K200 is pretty cheap as well, < $100)

    Here are a few old threads regarding these HDDs.
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=277623
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=270564
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=279891
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=251827
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=260839
     
    Andy, Aug 18, 2008
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  4. Phil

    Phil Retired

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    The Samsung is a fine drive, cool and quiet. Here in Netherlands it costs 63 euros.

    The WD 3200BEVT is a bit faster but also uses a bit more power.
     
    Phil, Aug 18, 2008
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