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    What hard drive do you have in your Macbook/MBP?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by laptopkid, Aug 11, 2009.

  1. laptopkid

    laptopkid Notebook Consultant

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    Quick survey :p

    I have the stock 250gb Fujitsu MJA2250BH. It clicks a little and I can hear it working at times, but I suppose it's decent. I'm still going to upgrade to a faster one sometime.

    What do you have? You happy with it? Does it make a lot of noise/vibration/etc.?
    :D
     
    laptopkid, Aug 11, 2009
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  2. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    OCZ vertex 120 GB SSD, Intel X-25M 80 GB SSD, Patriot Torx 256GB SSD, Seagate Momentus 320, WD Scoprio Blue 500 GB as well as the stock drives, Love em all except the stock drives, their slow
     
    crazycanuk, Aug 11, 2009
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    v0va Notebook Enthusiast

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    How quiet are aftermarket 5400 RPM drives compared to OEM? I'm thinking about upgrading but still a bit unsure. But since my Ram is coming in, I'm thinking about upgrading the HD.

    Also, is it worth upgrading to a 7400 RPM? how quiet are those? battery life?


    I'm staying away from SSD's for now as they are way too expensive for their size.
     
    v0va, Aug 11, 2009
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  4. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    depends on the aftermarket drive, some 5400 and 7200's are quieter than the stock drives and alot faster, I know there is a thread around here discussing it.

    SSD's are great if you need the battery life and dont mind an external for heavy data storage, but they are finally coming down in price
     
    crazycanuk, Aug 11, 2009
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  5. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    my MBP has a Hitachi HTS543232L9SA02 in it.. its 320gb 5400rpm stock from Apple... its never really been noticeable to me at all.
     
    doh123, Aug 11, 2009
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    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    I have an Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02 500gb 5400rpm , extremely quiet, max speed 85 mb/s
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Aug 11, 2009
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  7. crazycanuk

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    Most 2.5" drives dont make much noise unless they keep parking their heads and make that annoying clicking sound. and I agree the hitachi's are nice but I dont have any here
     
    crazycanuk, Aug 11, 2009
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    I use Hitachi 7K320. There are better stuff out now but didnt feel the need to upgrade.
     
    lixuelai, Aug 11, 2009
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    stock 250gb one. trying to save money to buy a 500gb5400rpm
     
    Luke1708, Aug 11, 2009
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    320gb (7200rpm) wd scorpio black

    the speed is somewhat noticeable and the increase in vibration from the 5400 is slight at the worst
     
    Gclown, Aug 11, 2009
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  11. RogueMonk

    RogueMonk Notebook Deity

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    See signature.
     
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  12. HLdan

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    I have the new 13" MBP with the Apple supplied 128GB SSD. Love it, really fast, no issues with the 1.7 firmware update. Boots in 16.6 seconds from the time I press the power button. Woot!!!
     
    HLdan, Aug 12, 2009
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    I replaced the standard drive in my MBP 13" with the Western Digital Scorpio Black (320 GB, 7200 RPM). Boots in about 22 seconds. I can't really hear it or feel it vibrate at all. I got it for $80 from Newegg. Pretty nice!
     
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  14. laptopkid

    laptopkid Notebook Consultant

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    How much did that set you back? like $400?
     
    laptopkid, Aug 12, 2009
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    Not at all, only $315 BTO with student discount. That's about the going price of a 3rd party SSD with the same capacity without any install hassles. Well worth it.
     
    HLdan, Aug 12, 2009
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  16. D3X

    D3X the robo know it all

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    Samung 256GB SSD with a Hitachi 5K500 500GB in the Optical bay.

    This setup is way faster than the stock Fujitsu 250GB 5400RPM drive.
     
    D3X, Aug 12, 2009
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    WD 320 GB
    Just Upgraded. LOL
     
    santa-u2, Aug 13, 2009
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    500GB Hitachi 5400RMP drive. Quiet and faster than the stock 160.
     
    DamienThorn, Aug 13, 2009
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    Seagate 7200.4 250GB ST9250410ASG.
     
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    I have the stock 120GB HDD in my MacBook and the stock 4.5GB HDD in my Lombard. I wouldn't mind getting a new, larger hard drive for my MacBook and I guess it wouldn't hurt to get a bigger drive for my Lombard either. I was thinking maybe a 320GB for the MacBook and either a 20 or 30GB drive for the Lombard.
     
    Yotsuba, Aug 13, 2009
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