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    What hard drive is best?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Chango99, May 19, 2009.

  1. Chango99

    Chango99 Derp

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    Out of the 320GB 7200 RPM, can we get a concise list of pros/cons in here and compare them?

    Seagate 7200.3
    Fujitsu
    Western Digital Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT
    HITACHI Travelstar 7K320

    Pros/con examples: Fast, quiet, etc.
     
    Chango99, May 19, 2009
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  2. nacr05

    nacr05 Extreme Overclocker

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    I've owned all 3 of them and found that the WD Black was the best, quiet, runs cool, no vibration. Good speed boost too.

    The Fujitsu ran kind of hot and was quite loud. The Hitachi wasnt that bad, quiet, cool, but vibrated to much. This is just my opinion and experience with these drives, others may have had no problems at all.
     
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  3. Phil

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    d.rivera08 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have the WD 3200BEKT and I can say that it is very quiet and quick. My only con is that I runs quite hot on my Gateway P7805u. It can get up to the high 60 C while gaming and averages in the lower to mid 50 C. Because the hard drive is located under the right palmrest, it makes it very uncomfortable to type sometimes.

    Hope that helps.
     
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  5. TonyZ

    TonyZ Notebook Evangelist

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    Makes sure to shop around if you go for the WD BEKT<--- model, as many people complain about the "noise" it makes.
    Reason is, the BJKT model has the freefall sensor, and less people seem to complain about noise at all on this model ;) .

    I've searched around and I find the prices about £3 or so difference for the 320GB model comparing with-without the freefall sensor :D .
     
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    I think this is probably coincedence. I've seen people with completely quiet BEKTs and Ive seen people complain about the ticking of their BJKT.
     
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    channelv Notebook Evangelist

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    I can only comment on the seagate 320gb 7200. It had a decent amount of vibration and noise and occasional clicking although I didnt have reliability problems with it. Newer firmware was released which decreased the noise a bit but it was still there. I now have a seagate 500gb 7200.4 and its an entirely different beast. I cannot hear it AT ALL, no vibrations at all. its wonderful, fast, quite and has no vibration at all. Its a completely different beast.
     
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  8. Luke1708

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    I would go with the wd.
     
    Luke1708, May 19, 2009
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