What kind of hard drive should I buy?

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kidpaprika · #1 Post by **kidpaprika** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:55 am

I'm thinking of replacing the hard drive in my T23 - need to upgrade from 20gb, maybe to 40gb, 60gb or even 80gb depending on pricing.

My question is, what kind of hard drive should I be looking for in terms of RPM etc if I'm going to get decent performance? I don't want the machine to run all slowly.

Thanks in advance.

boilermakerinatl · #2 Post by **boilermakerinatl** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:09 am

A lot of people of this message board really like their 7200rpm drives, but they are kind of pricey. I think the 5400rpm is the best bang for the buck. I personally chose the 60gb Hitachi 5k100. It has very good specs. Buy from Newegg or ZipZoomFly, they have a good selection and great prices.

http://www.newegg.com

http://www.zipzoomfly.com

thinkpadz · #3 Post by **thinkpadz** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:27 pm

toshiba makes a 60gb 16mb cache drive that doesnt use any more juice than the 4200rpm drives. its whisper quiet too.
it has served me well.
MK6022GAX is the pt #

here's SS05 HD Bench.

http://img316.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sshd2bk.jpg

I'd be curious to see how other drives, especially the 7200rpm perform comparitively.

#4 Post by **RonS** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:50 pm

Hitatchi 7K60. It's widely regarded as the best mobile drive currently available, and has been for over a year.

thinkpadz · #5 Post by **thinkpadz** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:03 pm

Can someone run a benchmark on this drive for comparison?

RonS wrote:Hitatchi 7K60. It's widely regarded as the best mobile drive currently available, and has been for over a year.

muffd · #6 Post by **muffd** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:51 pm

I have to say the 7200 rpm hd is the way to go. I can honestly say my T40 is about as fast if not faster than my desktop(s) that run a P4 2.8ghz HT processor and 7200 rpm hd's.
If you are on a budget, then of course go with the 5400 rpm hd.

thinkpadz · #7 Post by **thinkpadz** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:18 pm

can u post a pic of ss hd bench for comparison?

muffd wrote:I have to say the 7200 rpm hd is the way to go. I can honestly say my T40 is about as fast if not faster than my desktop(s) that run a P4 2.8ghz HT processor and 7200 rpm hd's.
If you are on a budget, then of course go with the 5400 rpm hd.

darkhelmet03 · #8 Post by **darkhelmet03** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:56 am

I would say a 60-80gb 5K100 (5400rpm) or 7K100 (7200rpm) Hitachi drive. The 60gb version of the 7K100 has seen some initial availability. Though you do pay a premium for 7200rpm and if you do not use your laptop for intensive tasks a 5K100 (almost 10% faster than previous gen 5K80) would do fine.

tehsoul · #9 Post by **tehsoul** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:00 am

definitely a 7k60 drive. i can really "feel" the difference between the 7200rpm on my thinkpad and the 5400rpm on my girlfriend's dell.
5400rpm is really a bottleneck (unless you got a really old celeron cpu or whatever)

muffd · #10 Post by **muffd** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 12:07 am

thinkpadz wrote:can u post a pic of ss hd bench for comparison?
muffd wrote:I have to say the 7200 rpm hd is the way to go. I can honestly say my T40 is about as fast if not faster than my desktop(s) that run a P4 2.8ghz HT processor and 7200 rpm hd's.
If you are on a budget, then of course go with the 5400 rpm hd.

Hi
Sorry, I don't have anything to run benchmarks with but I can guarantee that you will be satisfied if you get the 7200 rpm drive.

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