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    7200rpm hard-disk for T420

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by kohyeekan, Apr 3, 2011.

  1. kohyeekan

    kohyeekan Notebook Consultant

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    kohyeekan, Apr 3, 2011
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    vinuneuro Notebook Virtuoso

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    That Samsung is the fastest quiet 7200rpm drive. Hitachi 7K500 is also a good choice for a data/media drive, but the Samsung is faster as an OS drive.
     
    vinuneuro, Apr 3, 2011
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    I've had nothing but good luck with the Western Digital Scorpio Black series.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Apr 3, 2011
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    vinuneuro Notebook Virtuoso

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    So have I but they're loud.
     
    vinuneuro, Apr 4, 2011
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    Didn't Western Digital buy Hitachi GST? Maybe the WD drives will soon be re-branded Hitachi drives.
     
    halobox, Apr 4, 2011
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    Second the Samsung, have one in my T61 and never had a problem with it and it's quite fast. Just bought a T420 with the cheapest 5400rpm hard drive option with plans to upgrade to SSD in a month or so, but am now thinking of throwing my hdd from the T61 into the T420 in the mean time.
     
    madcow06, Apr 7, 2011
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