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    About to pull the trigger on a WD Scorpio 500GB; good choice?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by akwit, Aug 22, 2009.

  1. akwit

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    Im replacing the 250gb in my Latitude E6400 (at 7200rpm).
    Have heard great things about the WD; is there a better choice out there that I should consider?
     
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    WD scorpio 500gb 80bm/s great drive i have one, I also have an Hitachi 500gb HTS545050B , it`s faster 85mb/s and it uses less power.
     
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    Interesting; will look into the Hitachi.
    About heat-does it run cooler/warmer than the WD?
     
    akwit, Aug 22, 2009
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  4. Phil

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    Actually the WD5000BEVT will beat the Hitachi 5K500.b in real world performance. See this review.

    WD5000BEVT is a very good choice in my opinion, offering very good performance and power consumption for a low price.
     
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    The Hitachi idles at around 30c in my mac , the WD is a cool hdd as well around the same , but it depends on the notebook the hdd`s in.

     
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    For some reason, I cannot seem to find this model HD on Newegg, CNET or Ebay...

    You sure thats the correct number?
     
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    try Hitachi 5K500.B , also it does not make the clunking noise the WD Scorpio makes when it parks it`s head , at least my one does not.
     
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    If you're into multi tasking you may notice the better performance of the WD. If not, it will be hard/impossible to notice.

    The difference in power consumption is too small to notice.

    I wouldn't recommend the Seagate 7200.4, the review linked to above explains why in detail.
     
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    The 500gb WD Scorpio is the best laptop drive out today. End of thread.
     
    iGrim, Aug 22, 2009
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