Scorpio 320 GB

Will this fit in my W3J?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136197


Thank you

 

Yes it will.

 

Thank you!

 

Sorry, but no, it won't fit, because that one is SATA, whereas W3Js don't have SATA connection (W3J uses the old IDE one).

 

you are limited to 100gb drives for ide interface unless you wanted toshiba which did make higher. I would rather get a maxtor fireball and wait for it to go up in flames then a toshiba but thats just me

 

Limited to 100 GB drives? Nah... NZWaveRider has 2 (that's two) 250 GB IDE WD Scorpio drives in his W3J.

 

well w3 has a modular bay for a 2nd drive but i did not think anyone made larger ide drives anymore xept the dead and dying toshiba. i guess wd does still. may explain why their 7200rpm drives are almost non existent

 

So what is the final? This does not fit???

 

The drive that you linked will not fit because its a SATA drive. There is a 250 GB IDE 5400 RPM drive that you can get here. I just ordered mine, and several others on the forum have it and love it.

 

I wonder if a 320GB HDD will fit inside a ASUS M51 or M50 series?

 

Thanks all! What are the changes a larger drive will be out soon?

 

Depends on WD's marketing staff and whether they believe there is going to continue to be an adequate consumer market for ever-larger notebook IDE drives destined only for user upgrades, as the industry has essentially abandoned the IDE standard several years ago for SATA. The market for 3.5" IDE drives continues, but is also shrinking.

aka - nobody knows, but the days of IDE notebook drives are probably numbered.

 

Yeah IDE is long gone, even SATA is old news since SATAII has come out but atleast they are compatible with each other.

 

I want to tag one more thing on here. Both of these processors are T7200 but one does not say Mobile. Are these the same though?

http://computers.pricegrabber.com/p...eyword=T7200+2.0+ghz+processor/rd=1/st=query/

 

T7200 is mobile, there is no desktop version.

Changing the CPU will almost certainly void the warranty. Don't do it unless you're sure. The performance difference between a T5xxx and a T7xxx isn't that much (just 2MB -> 4 MB L2 cache).

As far as your HDD dilemma:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150380+1035907889&name=ATA-6

They seem to make WD 250 laptop IDE Scorpios:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136159

 

But I thought a Core 2 Duo Was MUCH better than a Core Duo

I have a T2500

 

That depends on what you are doing. For things like serious encoding, it will make a difference, for things like Web, Office, and most games, it won't be a big deal at all.

 

I have been doing alot of video editing and wow I must say c90 was a good choice 2.93ghz Core2Duo maxed out encoding and it still feels slow when rendering some stuff, id hate to have a slower mobile processor.

 

T2xxx and T5xxx doesn't really change much. The T5xxx still has 2 MB L2 like the T2xxx series, just that it has some of the newer C2D features. But overall the performance is not that much more. And the T7xxx doesn't get much more from the T5xxx, though it's always nice to have that extra L2 cache.

BUT, if you're doing encoding, do yourself a favor and get a desktop. Don't even bother with a laptop. It's nice to have the capability if you need it, but I would suggest doing most work on a desktop.

Under full load for sustained periods, the laptops run REALLY hot really quickly (reduces lifespan of the unit) and you don't get anywhere near the same performance of a desktop. It is not unusual to get temps of about 70-80C under load for a laptop, while a desktop would get about 50C.

I have an E6320 4MB L2 1066FSB running at 1.8GHz, it beats my T7200 4MB L2 running at 2 GHz (667FSB) by a fair bit due to lower RAM and FSB on the laptop. When I OC my desktop E6320 to 2.3GHz (1333FSB), the T7200 just gets massacred (you cannot OC laptop processors very well).

You can build a respectable desktop box for half the price of a decent laptop.