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Upgrading hard drive: Seagate Momentus or WD Scorpio?

post #1 of 11
1/31/05 at 12:14am
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Hi, I recently purchased a really cheap Dell in order to get in on the $500 deal and have a chance to upgrade it. I've already upgraded the RAM to 768MB and now I plan on upgrading the hard drive. I have the cheapest hard drive; it is right now a 30GB 4200-rpm one. Surprisingly, it seems to provide decent performance.

Everyone says (with reason) that the faster spindle-speed HDDs are ultimately superior in performance, so I'm going to go ahead and upgrade it soon.

The choices I have for myself are:
80GB/100GB 5400rpm Seagate Momentus 5400.2
60GB 7200rpm Hitachi Travelstar 7K60
80GB 5400rpm Western Digital Scorpio (8MB cache)

The Seagate is $169 for the 80gb one, $199 for the 100gb.
The Hitachi is $149.50
The WD is $151. [All newegg prices]

Which one seems like the best deal? I'm concerned about battery life as much as I am about performance, so that's why I mentioned the 5400rpm ones. I'm really asking the people who have comparable hard drives or the people who have done similar upgrades. Any real advice on what is best recommended?
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post #2 of 11
1/31/05 at 12:37am
also see the toshiba 5400 rpm series, they come with a 16mb buffer

i'm not sure if any other manufacturer has that cache size
they're pretty good IMO
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post #3 of 11
1/31/05 at 12:41am
ill go for the seagate in terms or reliability. 2nd comes the hitachi. dont buy the western digital.
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post #4 of 11
1/31/05 at 1:04am
Fujitsu is not that bad also, I am using that thing in my computer right now. Quiet, relatively fast and reliable... Well, that's only my opinion though.
I'm also considering to upgrading my hard drive to a bigger one, and i'm opting for seagate. I heard that they will release a new mobile hardisk (7200 rpm) in couple of months...
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post #5 of 11
1/31/05 at 2:14am
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http://www6.tomshardware.com/mobile/20041213/

Looking at that site, the Toshiba 16MB cache one didn't fare so well. Also, the Fujitsu one seems to have only a 1-year warranty for the 100GB model.

The writers of that article seem to definitely have a bias for Western Digital though.

Thanks for the replies so far though. I kind of get the hint that WD isn't too well-liked.

Does anyone know of any official dates for a 7200rpm HDD that is made by Seagate?
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post #6 of 11
1/31/05 at 2:19am
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post #7 of 11
1/31/05 at 2:36am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by prong
May as well delete the quote too ay Machina

-Stu
Shipping is $10 and insurance is $3. That makes it about $198. Sorry, I'd rather just buy it at CompUSA for a few dollars more. (Would be about $215 at CompUSA after tax)
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post #8 of 11
1/31/05 at 6:11am
Toshiba also makes 7200 RPM 16MB Cache notebook drives but.. they only come in 50GB also for some reason the Model designation is G A Y which goes in line well with there G A X series
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post #9 of 11
1/31/05 at 7:03am
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Originally Posted by DELL-Machina
Toshiba also makes 7200 RPM 16MB Cache notebook drives but.. they only come in 50GB also for some reason the Model designation is G A Y which goes in line well with there G A X series
Heh, peculiar name.

I believe 50 GB to be way too small, that's another reason I am looking into the slower 5400rpm drives. The Western Digital seems to be the most appealing to me so far in terms of performance (comparable to the momentus), price ($151), and power usage. I think I'll go with the 80 GB WD one. Now to see if there's any place better than newegg.
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post #10 of 11
1/31/05 at 7:26pm
Im hoping the seagate 7200.1 comes out soon. It was already suposed to be released. Anybodu have a date on it? I may just get the 5200
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post #11 of 11
1/31/05 at 10:52pm
If you really need that 5% performance increase and don't care about loud noise over 5400rpm drives, then hitachi 7k60 (or the upcoming seagate 7200.2). Otherwise, your best option will be seagate 100gb 5400.2 momentus.
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