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    new drive for my ibm x31

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by lior_shenhar, Jul 2, 2008.

  1. lior_shenhar

    lior_shenhar Newbie

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    i want to buy a new hard drive for my x31 notebook i want to know if its sata or ide interface
    and if i can put a 7200 rpm drive
    and if ther any capcity limitions can i buy 320 gb drive? if no what is the maxium
     
    lior_shenhar, Jul 2, 2008
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  2. micka

    micka Notebook Guru

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    Your drive has a PATA interface (IDE)

    I wouldn't go above 250GB and a 5400RPM (this is an upgrade in itself)

    That's if you're sure you want it to work!

    Thanks.
     
    micka, Jul 2, 2008
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  3. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    The 7200RPM PATA drive are in short supply right now which makes them more expensive. Plus the PATA 7200RPM drives are limited to 100GB in size. Some of the newer 5400RPM drives benchmark fairly close to the older generation 7200RPM drives with seek times just a bit slower. I believe the biggest PATA 5400RPM drives are 250GB.

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  4. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    For PATA harddrives, go with the Samsung HM160HC.
    It is a 160gb 5400rpm model, which uses one disk rather than two. It has the same data density as the 320gb 5400rpm drives, which is 52mb/sec, which is the fastest PATA harddrive on the market.
    I own this drive and it really is fast, I even made a review of it, so check it out.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=264209

    Their are comparison charts between the 250Gb Western Digital BEVE drive and the Samsung drive is significantly faster.
    However, if you want a higher capacity, go for the 250gb drive, but depending on how old your Bios is, you may have to partition it into 2 125Gb partitions.

    By the way, both the 250gb wd and the 160gb samsung are faster than the 7200rpm PATA harddrives.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jul 2, 2008
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