Biggest HDD for x7200; 15 mm thick hdds

I will need me to buy 2 hdd for the x7200. Currently, only the slot beneath the battery is used.

I was searching the internet for the biggest capacity 2,5 inch hdd that there is, and i stumbled upon a 1,5TB seagate hdd with a hight of 15 mm.

I know standard height is 9,5 mm and there are bigger 12 mm hdd, but 15 mm is unheard of by me.

The drive in question is:
Seagate ST1500LM003 1.5TB SATA SFF Hard Drive
and in the description it states:
Seagate Freeplay ST1500LM003 5400.3 1500GB/1.5TB 5.4K (15mm High not for laptops) 2.5-inch SATA SFF Hard Drive - Brand New

NOT FOR LAPTOPs

But x7200 is not a laptop, its a monster of a laptop.
I think, but i am not sure, that dual 12 mm would fit,
15 mm, who knows.

Anyone has opinions over this:
Or does anyone know perhaps a brand or model that is the biggest fittable hdd ?
I know that there are 9mm 1 TB hdd from samsung, seagate or western digital, and in the end i might go with one of these, but i was just curios is there is place for better.

 

That's an enterprise drive meant for blade servers I think. You can see if it fits by adding makeshift spacers on to a normal hdd to make it up to 15mm, but they aren't meant for laptops, so don't expect too much. There may be other power issues as well..

 

If I remember correctly those run on higher volts...

 

no, that drive is from a 2.5" external hdd, not like enterprise 2.5" hdd which 7200rpm and require +12v power
i rememberdue to the x7200 middle caddy, u can only use a 12~15mm + a 9.5mm hdd or just dual 9.5mm hdd

 

Would 2 of these 1,5 TB fit inside the x7200 hdd caddy ?
Do they require different voltage or do they work ?

What is strange is that these particular model is not listed on the seagate site

 

Take a look here:
SEAGATE FreeAgent GoFlex 1,5TB HDD 5400rpm USB3.0 16MB: Amazon.de: Computer & Zubehör

There seems to be a 2,5" hdd inside.
Is that the same model as:
Seagate ST1500LM003 1.5TB 2.5-inch SATA SFF Hard Drive

Would it have the same ports so that one could use it in laptops ?

 

I looked and I only found seagate marketing this for external enclosures and "commercial applications".
Maybe it'll work but maybe there's something bad for laptops about it, I don't know. I wouldn't be brave enough myself to try

 

Missed that. Presumably if it runs off usb power, it could run internally assuming everything else is compatible. You'd want more info on that first though. Nice to have a laptop that has that kind of space.

 

Took it appart and made some measurments.
If the connectors for the sata and power from the drives are positioned the same distance from the upper or lower margin then at most it will fit, at least according to my measurements one 12,5 and one 14,5 mm hd

From the bottom to the top is exactly 30 mm.
THe pads on which the cage sits have 2 or 3 mm but the cage can be pushed in the pads, and from these 30 mm one must take out the protusions of the plate that is part of the laptop itself, those have 3 mm as well

30-3(from protusions)+ 2(won from the fact the cage can be pushed into the pads you have aproximately 28 mm, maybe 29 if you push realy hard the cage in the pads, no more.

It would easily fit thus a 12 and a 14,5/15 mm hd together, but since there are normal 9 mm hdd of 1 TB capacity its no point in having a 12 mm hdd.

So it would easily fit a 9 mm plus a 15 mm hdd

That means a 1 TB + 1,5 TB Seagate Hdd is at most one could fit.
However i want the 2 hdd to be the same.

So i think in the end i will get me 2 x 9mm Samsung 1 TB hdds.

What is bad is the fact that they could have easiliy had place in the overall desing to fit 2x15 mm hdd. The reason why they didnt do it is because there really are no 15 mm hdd designed for laptops.

SSDs on the other hand could be made using double pcbs and still fit into the 9 mm standard design.
I really think one could even design a 3 board 2,5" ssd 12 mm in height with in the neibourhoud of more than 512 GB per board, however given the flash prices that wont be done very soon.

I eve think a 2 TB SSD with a height of 12 mm is doable with the technology we have today,
There are allready 9mm 512gb ssd and they dont even use the whole 9 mm height.

Wo bad we are limited by prices.