Recommended replacement hard drive for T61 (7661-12G)

[toothandnail]

I've had the machine for just short of two years now, been excellent. When I first got it, I cloned the original 80GB drive to a 250 GB Seagate, which gave me space for Linux as well as Vista.

I've now got to reload Vista (don't use it much, but its become too unreliable to use at all), and was thinking about replacing the 250 with a 320 or 400 and cloning the original 80 again. I've found a Samsung 320 at a good price, but was wondering what drives are recommended for these machines. I've been quite happy with the Seagate, and I don't feel a real need to go to a 7200 rpm drive (I use the machine a lot, and like the lower operating tempratures of the 5400 rpm drives).

Any suggestions, or any drives to steer clear of?

Paul.

[kamaleon]

just put any drive you like

[Bánh mì]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822145275

My recommendation to you.

[sysiphus]

I know you said you didn't feel the need for a 7200-rpm drive, but I figured I'd point out that my 320GiB Scorpio Black has been fantastic.

[kamaleon]

I got hold of a cheap 2nd hand momentus 7200.4 500GB two weeks ago which is pretty fast and then last week I found a cheapo 2nd hand SSD OCZ Vertex 30GB so I'm going to stick the hard drive on an ultrabay slim. The SSD is reaaaaaaaally fast, I didn't imagine it to be so good.

[Bánh mì]

That's an awesome combo.

[alkemyst]

If SSD is a bit too much for you those new Momentus XT Hybrid drives are great. My brother's wife put one in her Macbook and it totally changed the feel of the computer.

They are $130 at newegg for 500GB