Laptop hard drive recommendation

[Nelviticus]

My laptop has a slow hard drive so I'm going to upgrade it to a bigger, faster one but thought I'd check here first to find out whether there are any manufacturers I should avoid.

I'm thinking of either a WD Scorpio 60GB (specs here) or a Hitachi Travelstar 5K100 (specs here). The Hitachi seems to have much lower power requirements for similar price and performance but does anyone know how the two compare for reliability? I haven't bought a hard drive for years and have never bought a laptop one so I don't know much about differences between manufacturers (if any).

Cheers

Nelviticus

 

[rvnguy]

Faster HD's generaly consume more power...if that is not a problem...my bias is to Seagate drives and they have 'workstation class' 2.5" drives that you might look to.

I assume you require the IDE interface??

http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/marketing/Seagate_Momentus_7200-1.pdf

I hope this helps

rvnguy
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[paparazi]

Nelviticus
You might want to read this review where is states Seagate's Momentus 5400.3 range takes some beating for speed/capacity and 5year warranty.

http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/03/03/notebook_drives_at_up_to_160_gb_put_under_the_microscope_uk/

Martin



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[Nelviticus]

Thanks gents, I will check out those links when I get home. Power consumption is an important factor as it's an older laptop and the battery's not what it used to be - I was amazed at the difference in power consumption between the WD and the Hitachi. However, reliability is just as important so thanks for your recommendations.

Regards

Nelviticus