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    Whats the Biggest HD AVailable? (1 TeraByte?)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by ic3, Aug 24, 2008.

  1. ic3

    ic3 Notebook Guru

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    Whats the Biggest HD Available for a Laptop and what rpm would it run at anyone know what it is and where to buy? I'm talking about internal not External ones.
     
    ic3, Aug 24, 2008
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    Internal hard drives for a notebook are only 2.5" and the short version therefore the largest is currently a 320gb drive as the 500gb drive many think will work will not due to its abnormal height.
     
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    Hitachi Travelstar 5K500 500GB 2.5" 5400rpm (12.5mm z-height) Notebook Hard Drive

    Part Number - N/A , Model No - HTS545050KTA300
    Capacity - 500GB
    Sector size (Bytes) - 512

    Interface - Sata 3 Gb/sec
    Rotational speed (rpm) - 5400
    Data buffer - 8 MB
    Average Latency (msec) - 5.5
    Media transfer rate (Mbits/sec, max) - 540
    Average Seek time (ms) - 12
    Dimensions (WxDxH) - 70 x 100 x 12.5 mm
    *May not fitted into the Notebook or enclosure that take only 9.5mm z-height *
    Weight - 148 g
    RoHS compliant 3 - Yes

    Its 1/2" high
     
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    Lot of people cant fit it into their notebooks/2.5" inclosures
     
    X2P, Aug 24, 2008
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    Samsung has a standard 9.5mm height 500GB drive, though I'm not sure if it was just an announcement or if it has shipped yet. I know I haven't been able to find one yet in Canada.
     
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    Samsung HM500LI is 500GB 2.5" and 9.5mm high.

    It gets very high transfer rates, consumes about 10%-25% more than average and very slow acces times. Check my sig for more info.
     
    Phil, Aug 24, 2008
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    ^ Yeah it is at the wrong end of Tomshardware HDD Power Consumption Charts, but if you've got two HDD slots, and not worried by battery life, you can install two of 'em and get 1TB storage space.
     
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    Phil, Aug 24, 2008
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