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Replace/Upgrade HD on Toshiba Satellite U405-S2830

post #1 of 8
5/5/08 at 9:08pm
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i need a laptop and am liking the weight and everything else on this except the 5400rpm hd.
is it possible and would it be advantageous to swap it for a 7200rpm unit?
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post #2 of 8
5/6/08 at 1:24am
there should be no problem swapping in a 7200rpm drive. of course all else being equal it will be faster than a 5400rpm drive will be, whether it'll be enough that you can tell a difference will depend on what you'll be doing with the computer.
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post #3 of 8
5/6/08 at 7:45am
From different reports back from people who swapped out their 5400's for 7200's on different models, there was very little difference
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post #4 of 8
5/7/08 at 4:58am
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thanks for the input. even if there is "very little difference"... thats still an improvement. is there anything that a 5400 could do better than a 7200?
is there something faster than 7200 for laptops?
ive never owned a laptop but need one for work and my desktop has 2 raptors, which make 5400rpm drives sound painfully slow.
i build engines for a living which means lots of research and it will also need to run flowbench and dyno software.
thx again
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post #5 of 8
5/7/08 at 8:20am
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is there anything that a 5400 could do better than a 7200?
I suppose leaving more money in your wallet....lol. Havent seen anything faster than a 7200. You should be very happy, the T8100 processor, 3G's of memory (max for 32bit OS)and a decent vid chip should do all you want and more. I assume you are going to be dragging this one around with you. If so, I would really consider getting the accident insurance
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post #6 of 8
5/7/08 at 8:54am
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thanks for the input. even if there is "very little difference"... thats still an improvement. is there anything that a 5400 could do better than a 7200?
You would get more battery life with the 5400 RPM hard drive.
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post #7 of 8
5/7/08 at 4:19pm
The current crop of very high capacity 5400 RPM laptop HDDs, e.g. 250GB+, can access their data much faster than lower capacity 5400 RPM HDDs by virtue of their higher areal density and approach the read/write speeds of a 7200 RPM HDD all without the added costs of a 7200 RPM HDD's increased power consumption, increased heat, noise and vibration and lower capacity.
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post #8 of 8
5/8/08 at 2:02am
in all honesty the 320GB 5400 rpm drives are as fast as and in some cases faster than the 7200rpm drives.
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