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    Help me decide which HDD to keep...

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by aadadams, Nov 30, 2009.

  1. aadadams

    aadadams Notebook Deity

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    Black Friday sales have given me a dilemma. I purchased a Hitachi 500GB 7200RPM drive for 79.99 free shipping and a day or so later the WD 640 GB 5400 RPM drive went on sale for 89.99 and I could not resist and bought that too. I need to decide which one to keep. The size of either is fine, as it will replace a 250GB 5400 RPM drive. The million dollar (actually $85, LOL) question is which would you keep and why?

    BTW: I know this is an opinionated question but I want to see those subjective opinions so that i can make a more informed decision.

    TIA!!!
     
    aadadams, Nov 30, 2009
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  2. MidnightSun

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    I think this largely depends on whether you need the 640GB that the WD disk offers. Personally, 500GB is plenty of storage (my 160GB drive is about 1/3 full), but obviously, that depends on your usage. If not, then I would go for the 500GB 7200RPM drive.
     
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    7,200rpm one!
     
    cassiohui, Nov 30, 2009
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  4. aadadams

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    I have about 250 GB of music in my library that I want to take with me. My Documents is about 100 GB. So space is premium but so is performance. What I'd like to knwo is whether you guys would give up shaving a few seconds off the boot for capacity or if you'd take the other approach and why you would make the choice?
     
    aadadams, Nov 30, 2009
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  5. MaX PL

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    you have 100gb worth of documents?
     
    MaX PL, Nov 30, 2009
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    MikesDell Notebook Evangelist

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    Wow, if you already have 350GB taken up already, then I would keep the bigger HD (640GB) with a slower speed, then the smaller hard drive with the faster speed. I have a 160GB 7200RPM hard drive on my T61, and it's not even close to being filled yet. With what your saying, I'd definitely go for space, then speed.
     
    MikesDell, Nov 30, 2009
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    mythos1453 Notebook Consultant

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    keep both :D, just get the HDD adaptor from lenovo, remove the optical drive and have a 1.1TB storage.

    Personally I rarely use the cd/dvd anymore. If I do it take 2min to plug it in.
     
    mythos1453, Nov 30, 2009
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  8. aadadams

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    I really thought about it long and hard. I feel that one would get me through until I am ready to upgrade. When I do I am going to get SSD. I think this will be my last HDD.
     
    aadadams, Nov 30, 2009
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    I'd go for this as well (although I'd use an SSD as a boot drive and the largest 5400 RPM drive for media storage in the Ultrabay).

    If you're only going to use one I'd stick with the 500GB 7200RPM one.
     
    jonlumpkin, Nov 30, 2009
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  10. aadadams

    aadadams Notebook Deity

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    Yeah, about 103GB.

    Good point!

    For clarity, I meant until I upgrade to my next ThinkPad. Waiting on the i7 offerings... Any idea how many seconds will the Hitachi shave off the boot time?
     
    aadadams, Nov 30, 2009
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    sounds like you need more real estate :)
     
    miro_gt, Dec 1, 2009
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  12. BaldwinHillsTrojan

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    Doo u really need a 640GB drive? Would go with Hitachi or keep both using hte WD as backup. Restock fee?
     
    BaldwinHillsTrojan, Dec 1, 2009
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