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Fast Hard Drive

cian1500ww · 2009-11-27 21:51:21

Anyone got any recommendations for a good fast SATA hard drive for a Dell laptop. Preferably 7200RPM but not to hard on the battery. Also have they released SSD's for laptops yet ??

27-11-2009 9:51pm

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Anyone got any recommendations for a good fast SATA hard drive for a Dell laptop. Preferably 7200RPM but not to hard on the battery.

Also have they released SSD's for laptops yet ??

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#2 28-11-2009 10:51am

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There are plenty of SSDs for laptops. Actually most SSD drives are 2.5" (laptop) form-factor anyway.

In terms of regular platter drives, TomsHardware has some benches:
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2.5-hard-drive-charts/benchmarks,25.html

Personally I prefer WD drives, and the WD3200BEKT offers good performance/price at the moment, that'd be high on my list. However, you should note that larger capacity 5400rpm drives perform very well (on account of higher density=faster) so don't necessarily be dead-set on a 7200rpm drive.

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