NotebookForums.com › Forums › Notebook Manufacturers › Dell Forums › Dell Business (Vostro, Latitude, Precision) › Need a good HD SATA replacement....
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Need a good HD SATA replacement....

post #1 of 7
12/13/07 at 7:49pm
Thread Starter 
My current Vostro 1500 has a Fijistu 120GB SATA but runs at a slow-ass 5400 RPM... I feel like tearing my hair out sometimes when this laptop boots up... Are there any cheap and reliable SATA HDs you guys recommend at 7200RPM (I think that will improve my performance extremely better...)
Reply
Reply
post #2 of 7
12/14/07 at 1:57am
You sure its a sata drive ?,the dothan laptops I had were pata.

If it is sata,the fastest is the Hitachi 7200rpm 200gig model with 16mb cache......I haven't seen it compared speed wise to the new 320 gig 5400's though
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 7
12/14/07 at 11:41am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by gerryjoson View Post
You sure its a sata drive ?,the dothan laptops I had were pata.

If it is sata,the fastest is the Hitachi 7200rpm 200gig model with 16mb cache......I haven't seen it compared speed wise to the new 320 gig 5400's though
Definitely SATA - the Intel Matrix Storage Manager says it's working in Gen 1 SATA mode with NCQ enabled (PATA definitely can't do NCQ...)
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 7
12/15/07 at 5:07pm
5400/7200 you never notice the difference
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 7
12/15/07 at 5:28pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by crellion View Post
Definitely SATA - the Intel Matrix Storage Manager says it's working in Gen 1 SATA mode with NCQ enabled (PATA definitely can't do NCQ...)
Yes sorry,for some reason,I was looking at the notebook in your sig,rather than the Vostro.
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 7
12/15/07 at 6:20pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by State.Ops View Post
5400/7200 you never notice the difference
So some people say.....I disagree.
Reply
Reply
post #7 of 7
12/18/07 at 11:17am
Just get the Hitachi 7k200 (7200rpm, 200GB) hard drive. It's the only 3rd-generation 7200rpm hard drive out right now.

Pretty much every other 7200rpm hard drive out there is a 1st or 2nd generation 7200rpm hard drive... they are fast, but no faster than the newer 5400rpm hard drives with capacities 250GB+ using Perpendicular Recording. A 3rd generation 7200rpm hard drives will show 10%-20% improvement in performance over the 5400rpm drives, and even older 7200rpm drives.

It will cost you about $200, but worth every penny.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
NotebookForums.com › Forums › Notebook Manufacturers › Dell Forums › Dell Business (Vostro, Latitude, Precision) › Need a good HD SATA replacement....