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Western Digital Scorpio WD1200VE 120GB 5400 RPM 8MB

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4/27/06 at 11:11pm
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Does anybody have any info on the Western Digital Scorpio WD1200VE 120GB 5400 RPM 8MB. I need to get a new hard drive but I am unsure if I should get the WD 120gb 5400RPM ($160) or Hitachi 100gb 7200RPM ($170). Let me know please
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4/27/06 at 11:30pm
I've just bought the Hitachi 100GB 7200rpm, although I don't have it yet, it is scheduled to be delivered next tuesday.

Why did I choose the Hitachi? Well, I readed the datasheets of my current HD (Seagate 80GB 5400rpm) and the Hitachi and the power requeriments of the 7200rpm Hitachi seems to be lower than the Seagate 5400rpm , and that convinced me.

Hitachi Travelstar 7K100 100GB 7200rpm
Startup (peak, max.) 5.5W
Seek 2.3W
Read (avg.) 2.0W
Write (avg.) 2.0W
Active idle (avg.) 1.1W
Low power idle (avg.) 0.85W
Standby (avg.) 0.2W
Sleep 0.1W

Seagate Momentus ST9808211A 80GB 5400rpm
Spinup (typical) 1.00 amps
Idle, performance mode 1.85
Idle, active 0.99
Idle, low power mode 0.85
Seeking 2.3
Read 2.05
Write 2.1
Standby 0.20
Sleep 0.20
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