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    Dell Vostro 1400 1500 Hard Drive comparison

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by madi123, Feb 21, 2008.

  1. madi123

    madi123 Newbie

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    I have two Vostro laptops:

    My Vostro's has following Hard Drives:

    [341-4886] 160G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive from Vostro 1500
    It is a Fujitsu MHY2160BH (160Gb)
    BIOS setup: Hard drive in performance mode
    Windows Experience index for HDD: 4.9

    [341-4903] 120G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive from Vostro 1400
    It is a WDC WD1200BEVS-75UST (120Gb)
    BIOS setup: Hard drive in performance mode
    Windows Experience index for HDD: 5.1

    See attachements for HD Tune 2.54 results.

    Fujitsu is much quiter , but also slower (avg 38 vs 42.4 mb/s). WDC produces clicking noise, but there is a patch on their website. Fujitsu is faster only in Burst mode (72 vs 65 Mb/s) but it's CPU Usage is much higher (27.1 vs 5.3%). Temperature is also higher on a Fujitsu, but it may not be true.

    I attached the pictures with test results. Both hard drives were checked on the same hardware, before and after the use of migration software. System was idle during the test.

    Recently I ordered another Dell vostro 1400. The shipping date is far away, but it has the following Hard Drive:

    [341-4904] 160G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive 160G54K

    If anyone has the same part [341-4904] in their ordered laptop please post your opinion and/or HD Tune 2.54 test results.

    I know that people prefer higher capacity, but sometimes faster HDD is preferable. Please post results for the 200, 250Gb drives also, so people may change their mind and get less Gb, but faster speed and lower price when possible.
     

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  2. madi123

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    So no one is interested? Nobody wants to say something?
     
    madi123, Feb 26, 2008
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    nathanhuth Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Where is the patch for the WDC 12000BEVS? That is what I have and my drive clicks.
     
    nathanhuth, Feb 26, 2008
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    Summary

    Intermittent clicking occurs with WD Scorpio 2.5" hard drives when installed in various laptop computers.

    You can view this answer here.
     
    madi123, Feb 27, 2008
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