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    Mobile hard drive roundup

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Travel Matey, Feb 15, 2006.

  1. Travel Matey

    Travel Matey Notebook Consultant

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    Travel Matey, Feb 15, 2006
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  2. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Very interesting, nice find. :)

    I'm looking into upgrading my hard drive very soon. Since it is my primary computer, I'd like it to be a little faster with loading times, etc. The 5400RPM drive I have right now is 'average'. Certainly better than a 4200RPM drive, but not as fast as I'd like. Opening multiple programs at once is slow.

    I had been eyeing both the 120GB 5400RPM Seagate and the 7200RPM 100GB - I've made my decision now. Hopefully I'll be picking up the 100GB soon.

    I did find it very interesting in that test how the Hitachi's fell behind in a lot of tests. The 5400 100G was especially disappointing.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 15, 2006
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  3. skywalker

    skywalker Business Notebook FTW!!

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    I stiil a bit confused? Do all 2.5" sata drive have NCQ feature?
     
    skywalker, Feb 15, 2006
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    i will still be going with the 7K100 i think, it does look like the seagate was a little bit better overall but the Hitachi looks like it would fit some of my needs better, and it is cheaper.
     
    circa86, Feb 16, 2006
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  5. Charles P. Jefferies

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    No, I don't think they do.

    Remember that a SATA drive will not work in a laptop that takes Ultra ATA/100 drives.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 16, 2006
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