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    hd upgrade

    Discussion in 'eMachines' started by diesel_boyee, Apr 14, 2005.

  1. diesel_boyee

    diesel_boyee Newbie

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    i plan on upgading to a 7200 rpm drive. i want to if there are any drives out there i should stear clear of, or that would be a better choice. thanks.
     
    diesel_boyee, Apr 14, 2005
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    stylee Notebook Guru

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    I think the only availble model of a 7200rpm drive 60gb is Hitachi.. I installed one of these for around $150, and I have absolutely no problems with it... I also got an external usb hd case for the 80gb drive and threw it in there. I also believe at this this, 60gb @ 7200rpm is the best you can do for a laptop drive.

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    M6809 • WinXP Pro SP2 • Athlon 64 3200+ @ 2.1ghz • 7200rpm 60GB • 4200rpm external 80GB • 512mb pc2700 • Radeon 9600 @ 418.5/216 • 3DMark2001 11442 • 3DMark03 3010 • AquaMark3 25751
     
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    i need to do the HD upgrade asap, 4200rpm load times are killing me
     
    ArchAngel, Apr 14, 2005
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    diesel_boyee Newbie

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by stylee
     
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    diesel_boyee, Apr 15, 2005
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    If you want to save a few bucks, you could consider the 40GB version:

    http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=H4014R9200&c=PG&pid=6e70247cbad8c42301ba84a73bf09b59cb42afdb28cf83282e57f7a2ffe56f43

    You'll get slightly better performance as it has one less platter. Not that you'd ever likely notice. Throw the old one in an external case, as mentioned earlier by stylee. You don't need speed for storage, only for the boot drive. Good Luck.






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    Thinkpad T41:
    * 1.6Ghz Pentium M * 768Mb Memory * 40Gb Hitachi 7200RPM * Panasonic UJ-845-B DVD+RW *
     
    ZaZ, Apr 15, 2005
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    stylee Notebook Guru

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by diesel_boyee
     
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    stylee, Apr 16, 2005
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