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Low power harddisk for a V1S

post #1 of 8
5/28/09 at 5:35pm
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I have an Asus V1s with a Hitachi 200GB 7200rpm hard drive.

A month ago I replaced this harddrive with a OCZ Vertex 60GB SSD-drive. Above the improvement in performance my laptop last a lot longer with the battery. I mean, really a lot longer. However, the OCZ drive is to expensive for me so I coulnd't let it in my laptop.

What options are available to make my laptop last a lot longer with its battery. Does anyone of you know a harddrive (which is not too expensive) which has a very low power consumption?
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post #2 of 8
5/28/09 at 6:02pm
Short of dropping the rpm of the current HDD, I doubt that you'd find anything that comes close to the battery saving performance of the SSD.

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post #3 of 8
5/28/09 at 6:47pm
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Short of dropping the rpm of the current HDD, I doubt that you'd find anything that comes close to the battery saving performance of the SSD.

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even changing the RPM isn't going to do much. Due to power-saving technology, there isn't that much of a difference between the power consumption of a 7200RPM and a 5400RPM hard drive anymore.
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post #4 of 8
5/28/09 at 6:54pm
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So a 5400prm drive doesn't matter.

Is there no better hard drive (except a ssd) for the battery?
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post #5 of 8
5/28/09 at 7:00pm
not really. sorry
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post #6 of 8
5/28/09 at 8:09pm
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Mmm, then I'll have to spare some money...

Bad thing is that Vista can't run on a 30GB SSD. If you have Vista Business + Office + Creative Suite CS3 running you already need 40GB.

Or are there ways to reduce this size so I can run al my programs on a 30GB SSD. 30GB SSD is affortable now.
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post #7 of 8
5/28/09 at 8:21pm
30gb is pushing it with what you want to do. Vista SP2 does need some room to maneuver correctly, and you'd never know what other apps would require; plus the defragmentation issue.

Wait a bit longer, prices are dropping with every day goes by.

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post #8 of 8
5/28/09 at 9:48pm
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Wait a bit longer, prices are dropping with every day goes by.

cheers ...
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