need advise on buying HDD

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nirvana0001 · #1 Post by **nirvana0001** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:09 am

my tp is freaking lag when I am playing Battle Field 2, even though I re-installed my system and use HDD defragment tool. (I am sure it's neither GPU problem nor CPU problem)
So I decided to get a new HDD.
Is 7K100 good enogh? how is it compare to 5K80?
any suggestion would be greatly appreciate.

raabjerg · #2 Post by **raabjerg** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:03 am

7K100 (or the Seagate Momentus 7200.1) has the highest performance you get for laptops right now, if I'm not mistaken.

raabjerg · #3 Post by **raabjerg** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:06 am

By the way, I had a 5K80 in my old T42, and that disk was noticably slower than some other 5400RPM drives I've tried since. If you're sensitive to noise, you might want to go for the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 (I use this now with good results), but I gather that is not an issue for you.

nirvana0001 · #4 Post by **nirvana0001** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:32 pm

noise is not issue for me....since i already placed a big laptop cooling fan pad under my tp

asen · #5 Post by **asen** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:41 pm

for hitachi HDD, u can download the feature tool on HGST website.

u can tune the balance between performance / battery / noise...

fyi

cmarti · #6 Post by **cmarti** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:33 pm

Question

The FRU number for the 7k100 is??
Of course 100Gb.

Thanks..

nirvana0001 · #7 Post by **nirvana0001** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 11:25 pm

asen wrote:for hitachi HDD, u can download the feature tool on HGST website.

u can tune the balance between performance / battery / noise...

fyi

when i try to install it, it said "floopy drive not available"
and also i wanna know how much does 7k100 faster than 5k80?

asen · #8 Post by **asen** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 11:48 pm

HGST has the Image file...u can download it and burn at CD-RW...

I use the 7k60 and 5k100 100G for my x31..

the 7k60 is a little faster than 5k100 (100G) in the general purposes..

but if u copy files for over 1xx mb, it seems similar..

davidspalding · #9 Post by **davidspalding** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:26 am

Just bought a Hitachi 7k100 100 GB drive as a second drive, and it's wonderful. I hear lots of good things from folks here using them for replacement primary disks.

Part #HTS721010G9AT00 I believe (that's what New Egg lists).

dexta · #10 Post by **dexta** » Mon May 01, 2006 12:03 pm

nirvana0001 wrote:my tp is freaking lag when I am playing Battle Field 2, even though I re-installed my system and use HDD defragment tool. (I am sure it's neither GPU problem nor CPU problem)
So I decided to get a new HDD.
Is 7K100 good enogh? how is it compare to 5K80?
any suggestion would be greatly appreciate.

I am getting the 7k100 too. It will not make a difference when playing BF2. You will have to tweak your system a fair bit. The amount of RAM you have is a lot more important. I have 2GB and I can play BF2 on 1024x with low settings but maxed out distance.

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