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    hard drive for Asus z70va

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Grump, Oct 22, 2008.

  1. Grump

    Grump Notebook Consultant

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    Hi, I'm looking for a hard drive to buy for a Asus z70va hopefully as inexpensive as possible but with a capacity of more than 60 gigs. Is there a generic hard drive type which will be compatible? Where can I find one?
     
    Grump, Oct 22, 2008
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    Bartlett The Prophet

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  3. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    I cannot pinpoint whether your system has a ATA or a SATA laptop harddrive.
    Please run HDTUNE, and post a benchmark. In the top left of the hdtune window, their will be a pull down menu with the model of your harddrive.
    I am about 75% convinced you have a ATA/IDE/PATA harddrive, so if that is the case, do not get the drive dude55 recommended. Its a good drive, but it is not a good bang for the buck, and it is not very fast.
    The fastest harddrive for the ATA interface is the Samsung HM160HC, and it can be had for about $65. Its a 160Gb 5400rpm drive, and it is faster than any other harddrive for the ATA interface.

    Here is my review of the Samsung HM160HC, I have comparisons between my Hitachi 7k100 100gb ide 7200rpm drive, and a few other 5400rpm IDE drives, and the Samsung is the fastest of them all and it is very inexpensive.
    I had the samsung drive for about 6 months now, and it has run perfect.

    Check out my review:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=264209

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Oct 23, 2008
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