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Need HDD for X60s. Why is Toshiba 320GB so Inexpensive?
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:28 pm
by ParatoOptimal
I'm looking for a HDD for my X60s.
What's wrong with this HDD that it's only $38.99?
Toshiba 320GB (MK3263GSXN) 5400rpm SATA2 8MB Notebook Hard Drive (2.5 inch)
Specifications
* Mfr Part Number: HDD2H55 9.5MM
* Capacity: 320 GB
* Rotational Speed: 5400 rpm
* Data Transfer Rate: 3 GB/s
* Cache: 8 MB
* Interface: SATA2
* Seek Time:
o Average: 12 ms
o Max: 22 ms
o Track to Track: 2 ms
* MTBF: 600,000 hours
* Dimensions (WxLxH): 70 x 100 x 9.5 mm
Re: Need HDD for X60s. Why is Toshiba 320GB so Inexpensive?
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:40 pm
by craigmontHunter
I can't see anything, if it is new, then it is just a cheap hdd (and the prices fall every year, 750gb drives are now availible, 320 are therefore cheaper) - I have found it to be about every 2 years, the price falls - in 2007 I bought a 40gb drive for 80$, in 2009, it was a 80gb drive for 80$ - the top end does not reallyseem to change, everything just shifts down from it.
Re: Need HDD for X60s. Why is Toshiba 320GB so Inexpensive?
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:53 pm
by pianowizard
How long is the warranty? Pricier drives may have 3 or even 5 years of warranty.
Re: Need HDD for X60s. Why is Toshiba 320GB so Inexpensive?
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:27 pm
by ajkula66
Most of today's SATA drives have 16MB cache, this one has 8MB...
And for some of us with *long* memory when it comes to laptop hard drives, anything is preferable to a Toshiba...
My $0.02 only...
Re: Need HDD for X60s. Why is Toshiba 320GB so Inexpensive?
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:30 pm
by craigmontHunter
I have 8mb cache on my t61 drive, performance is not that bad.
I don't have a long memory, all I have is a 12 year old toshiba laptop hdd - I would imagine that sicne they are still selling them, they have gotten better (of course everyone knows what assuming means
)
Re: Need HDD for X60s. Why is Toshiba 320GB so Inexpensive?
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:49 pm
by ParatoOptimal
Geeks had a listing for it as a plain box item but it's OOS.
They listed it with a three year warranty.
All my Samsung 2.5" HDDs and I think all my WD 2.5" HDDs both PATA and SATA all have 8MB cache.
Re: Need HDD for X60s. Why is Toshiba 320GB so Inexpensive?
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:55 pm
by ajkula66
Re: Need HDD for X60s. Why is Toshiba 320GB so Inexpensive?
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:50 pm
by IvanAndreevich
Z5K is a 7mm drive - why bother?
Re: Need HDD for X60s. Why is Toshiba 320GB so Inexpensive?
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:10 pm
by ajkula66
IvanAndreevich wrote:
Z5K is a 7mm drive - why bother?
Your point being???
Re: Need HDD for X60s. Why is Toshiba 320GB so Inexpensive?
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:19 pm
by th1
how about wd scorpio black? 5 years warranty, also seems to have good reviews.
Re: Need HDD for X60s. Why is Toshiba 320GB so Inexpensive?
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:11 pm
by Brian10161
I bought a Hitachi 7200 320gb drive for $50 CAD about a month ago. Just goes to show the prices are drastically falling. I remember a 1.2gb 3.5" desktop HDD at a whopping 4200 RPM costing about $300 or so.
Re: Need HDD for X60s. Why is Toshiba 320GB so Inexpensive?
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:23 am
by RealBlackStuff
80MB for $1200.- anyone? That's right: 80 MegaBytes, not GB!
That's what I paid back in the early 1980s!