Whats the best hard drive for T61?

What would be the biggest/fastest speed hard drive I could get for a resonable price for my T61? I do not want a SSD. I want the hard drive to be made by a very good reliable company that is highly recommended.

 

Everyone that posts in this thread is going to have their own opinion.

If you go with the big brands, WD, Seagate, Fujitsu, you should be find.

 

seagates had some issues in the desktop department lattely maybe avoid them. WD is generally very good quality.

 

Give me links to what they are and specs.

 

Here's a great drive... it's a Hitachi 320 GB 7200rpm 16MB cache SATA II drive for $59.99 after rebate: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10008894&ps=homain3

I purchased this same drive and used Vista Business's complete backup utility to put my entire HDD image to the new drive. It was a piece of cake and really pretty fast.

The new drive gets a 5.9 Vista score and is a very worthwhile upgrade, especialy for $60.

 

Any of these are good choices:
320gb 7200rpm:
Hitachi 7K320 HTS723232L9A360
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT
Seagate Momentus 7200.3 ST9320421AS

500gb 5400rpm:
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT

K-TRON

 

I had two WD hard drives in enclosures fall of a desk while accessing. They were working when I sold / decomissioned them.

 

any of the 7200rpm 320gb versions from seagate, hitachi or western digital. I believe the fujitsu is slower.

 

Go for WD32000BEVT or WD5000BEVT. Hitachi 5K320 is silent.

 

How about SSD's. I am very tempted to get one. Links to good ones of those?

 

How come you changed your mind about getting a SSD if i may ask that?

 

No clue. Maybe because it's new or better? What's your thoughts?

 

Zaz, just a question. If you had an unlimited amount of money and you wanted a big SSD that performs better then a regular HD does, what would you get?

 

It is better, if you pay the price. Just stay away from cheap junk drives

 

What are good ones?

 

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If not what Hard Drives are compatible with the T61?

 

Samsung, intel, mtron are pretty solid.

Seen a few positive reports on the new gskill titans but I think the verdict is still out on those guys.

Oh and I've seen reports that lenovo t61 series and prior are capped at sata I speeds, so for some drives like intel, you won't get the entire read speed.

 

I suppose one of those Intel drives, which are supposed to be the best. I read somewhere the ThinkPads T60/R60/Z61 are limited to a 150MBs as a power saving measure. I'd need a new notebook to take advantage of it.

 

What is the fastest/biggest/reliable hard drive for the T61 under $299?

 

you should just get a normal HDD. you'll get large capacity at a low price.

wait a year or two and SSDs will be at todays HDD prices.

 

What is the fastest/largest size/reliable HDD out there for under $299?

 

No, any 2.5' sata I/II notebook drive

 

What is the biggest/fastest/reliable HDD?

 

Like this.

 

Is that the best you can get. Where their be a better version of that come July?

 

I have 1 thread. I am posting in other threads to get other responses. I know their is no "best" hard drive but what is amazing at this point in terms of HDD and not SSD.

 

There is no need to make new threads about your T61 hdd upgrade...they have been merged. Please keep related question in this thread.

 

How big do you need, there are plenty of good ssd's under 300, just smaller in size

 

Well I plan to buy in the summer. My price budget is under $300. I need more then 160GB but also need very good performance. It could be SSD or HDD.

 

you should just wait a few more days til Seagate releases their 500 gig 7200rpm drive. wait and see how it gets reviewed.

thats what i'm waiting for. if it gets reviewed poorly i'll get whatever 500 gig drive is reviewed best on newegg. i think its a WD drive.

standard laptop drives, dont expect to pay over $150. as far as SSDs, prices are 5 times as much for anything good.