pros/cons of 7200rpm HD?

What about WD's 1TB drive? It's 12.5mm thick instead of 9.5mm, but it's still the largest capacity laptop drive.

 

Right, I ignored 12.5mm because most notebooks don't fit them. But who knows, his might.

If your notebook accepts 12.5mm drives you can get the 1TB Western Digital. What notebook do you have?

Edit: like lackofcheese said, it's 5400rpm though.

 

Well, the WD 1TB is 5400RPM, while pants_face was asking for 7200RPM, which will still take some months to reach those capacities. However, because of platter density, the WD 1TB should be quite competitive with 7200RPM drives when it comes to throughput. However, it would still likely have slower random access performance.

I would rather like to see the 1TB WD reviewed in depth.

 

I've got an Inspiron e1505. I thought it takes a 12.5mm drive, but I'm having trouble figuring out if that's true or not.

 

I don't know but you could try asking in the Dell forum.

 

Unfortunately those DELL Inspirons HDD cady won't fit with a 12.5mm drive, only the 9.5 will fit. I have an inspiron e1705 and an inspiron 6000 and they both use the same means to access the drive by unscrewing a slide out drawer/cady. That drawer openeing in the side of the laptop (and the cady itself) can only accomodate 9.5mm 2.5" drives. Same for your e1505. I'd recommend a Hitachi 500gb 7200rpm travelstar drive. I've put two in my Macbook Pro and another my older e1705. They work great.

Hard Drive: Dell Inspiron 6400/E1505 Service Manual

 

I'm in the process of deciding between a Sony F series or the EC series. I'm building a Sony F series online for comparison purposes. I have to choose the hard drive that I want. I can choose a 640GB 5400rpm or a 500Gb 7200rpm. Both cost an identical $105 for the upgrade. Does anyone have any advice on which would be the better choice? Thanks.

 

Get the 7200rpm drive. It's becoming the de facto standard, and the difference in speed will more than make up for that of few GB.

On the other hand, I still have a 500 GB 5400rpm for backup. So if that will be your main use, get the 650--the speed won't be an issue.

 

Save your money and do the upgrade yourself. Sony like every manufacturer over charges for it's upgrades and might stuck you with a bad performing 7200rpm drive.

What you want is a Hitachi 7K500 or possibly a Seagate XT.

 

Thanks for the advice guys. That's an interesting idea, Phil. It would save me $105 now and I could wait to upgrade it myself when the time comes.