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    Best HDD for CF-30

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by vizcarra44, Mar 14, 2012.

  1. vizcarra44

    vizcarra44 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just curious what you guys recommend as the best or better HDD for a CF-30. I currently have a 500gb hdd that I would like to upgrade.
     
    vizcarra44, Mar 14, 2012
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    No question...SSD all the way :D
     
    toughasnails, Mar 14, 2012
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    Wyrm73 Notebook Consultant

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    +1 for SSD if performance is what you mean by upgrade. If you are looking for capacity upgrade, then there are any number of 7200 RPM SATA drives out there that will work fine in a CF-30. I have personally had good luck with Western Digital drives, but I have heard a lot of Samsung recommendations too.
     
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  4. vizcarra44

    vizcarra44 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the advise, I'm looking at a 500gb Western Digital Scorpio Black 7200 rpm. Hopefully it works.
     
    vizcarra44, Mar 14, 2012
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    Yes that will work great too. That is the drive I had in it before the sad but did not need all that room. I only paid $57.00 on eBay for it.
     
    toughasnails, Mar 14, 2012
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    Alecgold Notebook Evangelist

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    SSD's are nice indeed, but unless you find a real cheap deal, count on $1200 for a 600Gb Intel 320 SSD. I can't imagine you want to go smaller, so HDD's are still way cheaper.
     
    Alecgold, Mar 15, 2012
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