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Hello everyone,

In my T43 I have Seagate 80GB 7200rpm hdd but devided on 2 partitions , from my work I got(to learning) Hitachi 60GB 7200rpm hdd.
If you want I could run a test and post screens.
What do you think of it?

Regards,

went to best buy today, the hitachi 200gb portable drives they have all say 5400rpm, and have DTG in the serial number on the box, and are $180.

the $180 may be due to midtown manhattan, but, are we saying that hitachi is mislabelling their 7200rpm drives as 5400rpm?

or those must actually have 5400rpm drives inside them and have a DTG serial number

the packaging says 5400 RPM no matter what.   if the serial number has "DTG" then what's actually inside is supposedly a 7200 RPM drive.

either way, i still don't understand why everyone wants to give up a 3-year warranty just to save a few bucks.

ok, i believe you guys,
but, why would they do that?

i want to buy 7k200 or seagate.

But, i don`t know which one is more better -_-;

hitachi is sata150. Seagate is sata 300.

can you tell me which one is more better??

My tp are t61 and x61t.

I second winglhw question :

want to buy new hd for my X60t and if I go for 7,2k I don't know whether to go for Hitachi 7K200 or Seagate Momentus 7200.2.

Is Hitachi better? More reliable? Or why is everyone so much in favour of it? When according to tests it seems to have the same performance results? 5 year warranty for Momentus is a strong point I would say!

If the choice would be Momentus is there any point in paying extra few bucks for the G-protection as ThinkPads have built-in Airbag feature?

Thanks!

I have no idea which is "better" but I do have Seagate "Momentus 7200.2 SATA 3.0Gb/s 120-GB Laptop Hard Drive" (ST9120823AS) installed in both a T60 and an X61 where they perform excellently.

Cheers,

Bill B.

I have better experience with Seagate than Hitachi. I still have one Seagate drive that I bought several years ago.

ahhh this is so hard decision

I don't know whether to go for size with :

1) 250GB or 320GB WD 5,4k
2) 250GB Hitachi 5,4k

or for performance with:


3) 200GB 7,2k Seagate
4) 200GB 7,2k Hitachi

Fact is that power consumption (which I am really concerned about) isn't that much higher with 7,2k drives over those 5,4 I am thinking about... temperature is hopefully not that much higher... and noise seems to be pretty similar too...

seems I am kinda stuck any advice?

Thanks a lot!! Really can't make up my mind...

My preference is for performance. I have not filled my 7K200 more than even half way yet. Yet. That is just me though. If you have video and photographs the size will soon seem small.

As far as brand I have had good success with both Seagate and Hitachi. The five year warranty is really tempting.

Brad

thanks for ur answers guys!

from 200GB additional 50GB isn't that much so the answer would be no. But comparing to 320GB it's different story...

How does 7k200 do in terms of temprature, noise and vibrations, power consumption (battery life)? My current drive is the default 80GB Hitachi 5,4k which came with my X60t...

I hope tomshw or storagereview will have 320GB WD soon, would be nice to compare these drives...

thanks!

Snowii wrote:How does 7k200 do in terms of temprature, noise and vibrations, power consumption (battery life)? My current drive is the default 80GB Hitachi 5,4k which came with my X60t...

temp, noise, and vibration are excellent on my 200GB 7K200.   battery life is surely lower than with a 5400 RPM but i can't quantify the difference.   with that said, if you need maximum battery life then a 7200 RPM drive should be your last choice.

Snowii wrote:thanks for ur answers guys!

from 200GB additional 50GB isn't that much so the answer would be no. But comparing to 320GB it's different story...

How does 7k200 do in terms of temprature, noise and vibrations, power consumption (battery life)? My current drive is the default 80GB Hitachi 5,4k which came with my X60t...

I hope tomshw or storagereview will have 320GB WD soon, would be nice to compare these drives...

thanks!

7K200 power consumption is lower than the older 7K100 (which wasn't bad to begin with). It is just a TAD above 5400RPM drives. But still within comfortable limits.

Noise, vibration, and temp are all MUCH better than the 7K100 was. I don't hear the drive in my T60p. PERIOD.

Got to agree with brentpresley. I've replaced 60gb 7k100 with 100 gb 7k200 on my T60, and the improvement is VERY apparent. I can't tell if my 7k200's running, and no seek noise either, unlike 7k100 I swapped out.

Heck.. after upgraded to 2gb ram and T7200 c2d, Vista is actaully very enjoyable to use.

Has Lenovo ever offered any hybrid drives for their T units preconfigured with Vista?

Never ever ! Lenovo has always tell that hybrird drives are *µ³#%^*[