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    When will next Scorpio Black come out?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by DarkDrag0n, Sep 11, 2009.

  1. DarkDrag0n

    DarkDrag0n Newbie

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    Just wondering, as I need a new performance laptop hard drive and I noticed that the 3200BEKT has been out for more than a year. The current Seagate 7200.4 drives came out more recently, but their performance is about the same.
     
    DarkDrag0n, Sep 11, 2009
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  2. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It should be out before 2010.
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 11, 2009
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  3. t30power

    t30power Notebook Deity

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    Get the Hitachi 500GB instead, more power efficient than WD.
     
    t30power, Sep 11, 2009
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    vinuneuro Notebook Virtuoso

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    I'm waiting for the Hitachi 7K500 as well. Pretty sour experience with the WD3200BEKT. First one had noise and DOA issues. Next two both produced unacceptable amounts of vibration (which the first one didn't have). WD's quality doesn't seem to be so great.
     
    vinuneuro, Sep 11, 2009
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    I had nothing but good experiences with my last Scorpio Black (320GB), and Western Digital hard drives in general.
     
    Mastershroom, Sep 12, 2009
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    If the Hitachi does well in performance benchmarks, I'm okay with that. Right now the 3200BEKT wins or ties in most categories except for read and write throughput, which Seagate is better at.
     
    DarkDrag0n, Sep 12, 2009
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