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    Which 5400rpm hard drive for FS550?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by murphyja, Mar 8, 2005.

  1. murphyja

    murphyja Notebook Guru

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    I want to upgrade the 4200rpm drive on my Sony FS550 and was trying to decide between the Seagate Momentus 5400.2 (ST960822A) and the Western Digital Scorpio WD600VE. Both are 5400rpm, 60gb, and priced around $100, but I wanted to see if anyone has had a good or bad experience with either one. I'm also interested in knowing which drive is quieter.
     
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  2. pr5owner

    pr5owner Notebook Consultant

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    the seagate is a good drive, i used to have one, they are on the expensive side though, for a lower price you can get a samsung 80GB 8MB cache drive, i am on one right now, they are ultra fast (benchmarked one and it came in just hair under the 7200rpm in transfer speed) i do not recommend any toshiba drive, they have proven to be very unreliable

    -->Asus M6BNe | Pentium M 1.6GHz Dothan | 1024MB PC2700 Micron Ram | Radeon 9700 Pro 64MB | 80GB Samsung 5400 RPM 8MB Cache | Gigabit LAN | CDRW + DVD Combo |
    -->Compal CL56 | Pentium M 1.6GHz Dothan | 1024MB Ram | Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB | 60GB HDD | 10/100 LAN | DVDRW |

     
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