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    Hard drive upgrade

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by neofx19, Mar 27, 2006.

  1. neofx19

    neofx19 Notebook Consultant

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    Several weeks ago i picked a m70-cl1 at staples. Then last week I ugpraded the Ram to another 512 MB DDRII. (w/total of 1024) and Now i'm thinking of upgrading the hard drive (most likely in the summer) so I was wondering which brand should I go for? and (i'm coming from a 60GIG 5400 8MB cache) should I go for a 100GB or 120GB?
     
    neofx19, Mar 27, 2006
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  2. skywalker

    skywalker Business Notebook FTW!!

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    I think any brand is good, most important,you have to know what kind of your HD, ATA or SATA.
     
    skywalker, Mar 27, 2006
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  3. Jenson

    Jenson Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Whatever brand you pick, make sure that your laptop supports that size, some are limited to under 100GB and many are limited to 100GB, Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital, and Fujitsu are all quality drives, I think Seagate has a 5 year warranty, but beware of Toshiba drives.

    Matt
     
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    jamezco Newbie

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    I think M70 is using ATA drive le ... so far only duo cores support SATA HDD rite? pls correct me if i am wrong
     
    jamezco, Mar 27, 2006
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  5. Jenson

    Jenson Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    No the Sager NP 5320 supports SATA also, and there are others with the Pentium M that also support SATA. SATA just uses a 7 pin connector instead of the 40 (I think) pin IDE connector and allows for faster data transfer 150GB/s compared to 100GB/s I believe.

    Matt
     
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    a33 Notebook Enthusiast

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    m70 cl1 use ATA.
    many people prefer 7200rmp 100G hitachi ($200 now, $1xX by summer!)
    I think desktop use SATA (long) time ago, before DUO comes.
     
    a33, Mar 27, 2006
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  7. xAMDvsIntelx

    xAMDvsIntelx Notebook Deity

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    Brand-wise it's up to you. I personally like Hitachi, Fujitsu and WD - just avoid Toshiba's drives! One in my Satellite literally blew up, and basically totaled my notebook!
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Mar 27, 2006
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