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    Sony SZ650 harddrive upgrade question

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by vietboi821, Feb 7, 2008.

  1. vietboi821

    vietboi821 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey all,

    Just wondering what kind of hard drives everyone in the community has upgraded their SZ650s with. I am looking around the market so any links to suggestions would be appreciated!

    Also, I am not sure but what are the required specs for the sz650 in terms of hard drives? Whats compatible?

    Thanks!
     
    vietboi821, Feb 7, 2008
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Any 2.5" SATA.
     
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    jeme Notebook Evangelist

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    I did 200GB 7200rpm - works great althought I do not notice that much difference. I also upgraded RAM to 4GB.
     
    jeme, Feb 7, 2008
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    Does the BIOS in your SZ recognize full 4 GB?
     
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    Any noticeable shorter battery life than before? Is it quieter than stock or anything? What brand was it?

    Thanks for everyone's reply!
     
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    jeme Notebook Evangelist

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    Bios does not recognize full 4GB, no noticable difference in battery life, no perciptable noise difference. It is a hitachi 200GB 7200 rpm.
     
    jeme, Feb 7, 2008
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    vietboi821 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I started looking around for and I saw Sata150 and sata 3.0gb/s, which one does the sz650 support and which one should I look at?

    Thanks
     
    vietboi821, Feb 9, 2008
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    dznutz Notebook Consultant

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    any sata
    sata 2 would use sata 300 but the sata 2 hd is backwards compatible. regardless it'll work
     
    dznutz, Feb 10, 2008
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