Best 2.5" HDD?
Hallo everyone
I know this has been very much discussed but I'd like more current input.
What is the fastest notebook HDD on the market right now? I need to change my Pismo's Travelstar 32GH as it's making some funny whirling and cranking noises.
In terms of importance to me:
1) Speed
2) Silence [especially after this racket ]
3) Capacity >30GB.
I've read that the IBM Travelstar 40GNX is a good buy, and it does seem to suit my needs, but is there an even better one now?
Also, is the 60GB model actually slower?
Thanks so much!
I know this has been very much discussed but I'd like more current input.
What is the fastest notebook HDD on the market right now? I need to change my Pismo's Travelstar 32GH as it's making some funny whirling and cranking noises.
In terms of importance to me:
1) Speed
2) Silence [especially after this racket ]
3) Capacity >30GB.
I've read that the IBM Travelstar 40GNX is a good buy, and it does seem to suit my needs, but is there an even better one now?
Also, is the 60GB model actually slower?
Thanks so much!
Comments
Right now i'm using 5400RPM 40GB travelstar GNX and it kick ass :-)
Quiet, fast, no problrms at all.
I used to have 5400 RRPM 40GB Toshiba GAX (16MB buffer), but it was slower, and made this annoying rattling noise.
Also 'stock' fujitsu drives used in new tibooks are quiet and fast, i'm using it now in external FW case and i can't hear it, dead quiet. Still for internal HD i would recomend IBM 40GB GNX.
HTH
hopefully the performance differences won't be to great with the 80gnx & the 7200rpm ibm drives on the way out .....
*cough*
do a search for 80gnx on google, & you'll some results about the 80gnx drives, and the 7200 rpm drives are mentioned briefly @ the bottom of the PRs
http://hardware.earthweb.com/news/article.php/1496491
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-964711.html
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1555/
Hypothetically.
Originally posted by Skirwan
If, hypothetically, you had a hypothetical 7200 RPM 2.5" HD, you'd probably want to avoid using it in a machine that wasn't designed with a hypothetical 7200 RPM mechanism in mind. Hypothetically, the hypothetical HD would run very hot, so you'd run the risk of hypothetically damaging your machine.
Hypothetically.
But then don't u think that 2.5" HD is designed to be used in laptops? And hypothetically speaking how much more heat 7200 RPM generates?
But then don't u think that 2.5" HD is designed to be used in laptops?
What I'm saying is that environmental parameters are very important in the design, integration, and operation of small devices, and that I wouldn't necessarily count on this year's latop being designed with next year's HD in mind.
And hypothetically speaking how much more heat 7200 RPM generates?
Hypothetically, enough that I'd be concerned about damaging a hypothetical machine in which such a hypothetical drive were used.
I've installed the 40GNX ( though I might have messed up my Pismo's innards or something ) and it's really quiet! I'm so pleased that I can only hear slight clicking. Nice!
I have had many many different Travelstars, and they all have one thing in common: they become louder after just a couple of month (depending on the envir. temperature).
The toshiba drive also is more silent and faster, but here I haven't put my hands on an IBM 60, IU know just the 4...40 GB range of Travelstars.
Don't tak eme wrong, I guess they ARE good, but I consider Toshiba better ;-)
GAX are 5400RPM
Maybe it was just me, but my toshiba HD made these clicking sounds, and even on hd itself it says that this is normal operating condition and not a malfunction :-)
Travelstar GNX which i'm using for few months now, so far stays quiet.
However I wasn't using the RPM because that doesnt help you with durability.
It depends, for some a silent drive that lasts long is better, while others require more rotational speed, maybe.
One thing is that todays PowerBooks don't get so hot in the Harddisk area as did the older ones, notably the WallStreet Series of Powerbooks. In these, the IBM HDs are working out of specs mostly, since thed temperature is higher than what IBM recommends.
Cheers,