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    5400RPM Hybrid Drive To 7200RPM Non-Hybrid. Upgrade?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by msqr, Mar 6, 2008.

  1. msqr

    msqr Notebook Guru

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    So I have an SZ with a 160GB hybrid hard drive. Random seek operations still seem pretty slow to me (I'm from the desktop world). I'm looking at replacing it with a 7200RPM hard drive. Is this a wise choice? Would the extra rotation speed make up for not having a hybrid drive? To my knowledge there are no 7200 + Hybrids.
     
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  2. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    i think it is,hybrid is nothing "real"
     
    Xirurg, Mar 6, 2008
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  3. Reason

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    "Hybrid" feature is related to long time to shutdown issue on vaio sz.. and no any performance gain for me...

    change to 5400rpm hybrid to 7200rpm ? Definetely YES... I'm did it and very happy now..
     
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    msqr Notebook Guru

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    Thanks. Any links to a good howto article?
     
    msqr, Mar 13, 2008
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    Upgraded my SZ650 from the 160GB Hybrid to a Hitachi 200GB 7200rpm 16mb cache and it took 10seconds off my load. Also most of Vista's speed issues were resolved.

    Vista HD score went from 4.8 to 5.4 also.
     
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  6. msqr

    msqr Notebook Guru

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    What about the seagate momentus drives? im hesitant about hitachi drives because of experience with their deathstar drives years ago
     
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    How about the battery life with hybrid drive and without hybrid drive (but 7200rpm) ... will it drain the battery faster to use 7200rpm ?

    How about the vibration come from 7200rpm ? is it noticeable compare to the 5400rpm hybrid ?

    How about the clicking sound that i heard on the hybrid drive @5400rpm .. does it come more often with 7200rpm as it spin faster ?

    How about the heat produce with faster spinning at 7200rpm ?
     
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    I've noticed no issues of battery, sound, heat or vibrations due to the drive. I'm bothered by noise easily.
     
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    Thanks ... do you re-use the hybrid drive as USB external enclosure ? does it work properly on those external case ?

    Thinking to upgrade it as well, but might as well use the hybrid drive as backup and accessible through USB.
     
    Geegee, Mar 13, 2008
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