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    What hard drive should I get for my Lenovo T61?h

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by BNHabs, Feb 20, 2010.

  1. BNHabs

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    These are what I am looking at.. If you know of any better hard drives let me know..:

    HITACHI Travelstar HD20500 IDK/7K 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Retail

    Western Digital Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive

    Which should I go with..? Which has better battery life..? Do you know of any better drives..?

    Will I notice performance difference compared to the one I have right now?

    I am using: HITACHI Travelstar 7K200 HTS722016K9SA00 (0A50939) 160GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5" SATA 1.5Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive

    Also, the T61 is capped at 1.5GB/s.. Will I still notice any differences?
     
    BNHabs, Feb 20, 2010
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  2. BNHabs

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    Does anyone have any advice? I would like to make a decision soon..
     
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    there won't be any real differences...harddisk tech is so mature that, while i won't say all drives would perform the same, but they'd be close enough to not really matter
     
    cassiohui, Feb 20, 2010
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  4. erik

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    "SSD" is the answer to all three of those.
     
    erik, Feb 20, 2010
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    "HITACHI Travelstar HD20500 IDK/7K 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Retail"

    I've used travelstar's and highly recommend them.

    Renee
     
    Renee, Feb 20, 2010
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