DV6tqe Hard Drive Choices

I'm curious what hard drives have been coming in the new DV6tqe laptops. I ordered a 750G 7200rpm drive and have a hunch it's a Seagate. I read elsewhere in this forum that the 640G 7200rpm drives are Samsung. I would consider giving up space to have a Samsung over a Seagate...at least based on what I have read on other sites. Samsung drives have lower failure rates and are faster from what I've seen. Can anyone verify brand or give opinion on this subject? TIA

 

I orderedd the 640gb 7200 and it's a Samsung. Judging from all reading I've done in the forum, I'm pretty sure that all the 640gbs are samsungs.

 

yeah...I just need confirmation that the 750g 7200rpm is a Seagate and I'm going to cancel my order and start over....since it hasn't shipped yet.

 

Why do you prefer Samsung to Seagate? Is it faster or something? I was going to order the 640GB drive anyway since 110GB is not worth $20.

 

Samsung makes a good drive from all that I've heard. Things are in constant flux but they have had some of the more reliable and faster drives on the market...and are usually priced very competitively. Seagates on the other hand have a different reputation. The Momentus 7200rpm version review I read didn't make me want to take the risk. So I really wish someone could confirm. I already see that the new code is better than the one I used....and HP adjusted me last night...but not for the full amount and of course I will lose the Fatwallet bonus. SO...if the 750G/7200rpm drive is a Seagate....I will cancel...that will be the ultimate push. I will save money with the 640G....and get a bigger discount by about $60 too! On the other hand...don't want to be unreasonable just to get the Fatwallet discount. If the drive in question is anything but a Seagate i will stay the course. Anyone know...anyone?

 

ITs a Seagate momentus 750gb PN: 9rt14G-020 I just opened it up an hour ago to see about fixing my keys and what options we have for SSD. hope that helps!

 

I can confirm that 750 Gb 7200 drive is indeed the Seagate Momentus.

 

Thanks! Much appreciated!

 

Then you will be happy to know that Seagate now owns Samsung's storage division:
Samsung sells HDD division to Seagate for $1.375 billion -- Engadget

From what I have read some 640gb are Samsung's and some are Toshiba's.

 

Not sure I'm happy? LOL Here's the thing....I went on to read many reviews and what I came up with is that the 640G internal laptop hard drive from Samsung doesn't get stellar reviews....and in fact it seems that the larger 7200rpm drives from all manufacturers kind of suffer in the reviews on Newegg and Amazon. Seems the WD Scorpio Black does pretty well...but some people say it's noisy. I gather the Hitachi Travelstars are pretty respected as well. I think the reputation Samsung has with regard to hard drives is mainly with their Spinpoint series for desktops. I was ready to change my order and then paused...and here I am...didn't change a thing. In the end I have two years worth of warranty....and time for prices to drop. And who knows...we could get lucky and be perfectly fine with the current offerings.

I hope the new "alliance" between Seagate and Samsung is mutually beneficial and good for the consumer. Time will tell.

 

If you can afford it go with a SATA3 SSD. And take advantage of that sata 3 motherboard. The leap in proformance over an old school spindle drive is amazing. You notice the second you boot up. I know I plan to when i get a SSD. Just a vertex 3 120GB or Intel 510.