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Post Date: 2010-03-25
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    Posted: 25 Mar 2010 at 6:51pm
Just had a hard drive die in the wife's laptop. The drive that died was a 320 GB 5400 RPM OEM model so I'm not surprised it's croaked in a little over a year. I'm looking for a replacement model and taking suggestions of something comparable or maybe a bit better that won't break the bank ($50-$75). I'm not interested in SSD but would be interested in hearing news about the Spinpoint technology and if it's worthwhile.

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Edited by sjjohns23 - 25 Mar 2010 at 6:51pm
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Posts: 2312 		  Quote ablahblah Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 29 Mar 2010 at 9:35pm
Oh boy, I've been looking at laptop HDD's too.

Western Digital I personally like, and they have a couple of drives that would do nicely, i think.

The Scorpio Blue runs at 5400 rpm too, and it has a capacity ranging from 160 to 500 GB.  On amazon.com the 320 GB version runs for $53, the 500 GB for $75. Both within your budget, what a coincidence...

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Scorpio-5400RPM-WD3200BEVT/dp/B0011U65F2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1269912542&sr=1-1

If you wanna sacrifice a little more dough for faster speeds, there's a WD 320GB drive that runs at 7200 rpm; $89 on amazon. (in addition, there's a free fall sensor to reduce risks of HDD damage if you drop the laptop :D)

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Scorpio-Sensor-WD3200BJKT/dp/B001FBJJQ4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1269912440&sr=1-1


Edited by ablahblah - 29 Mar 2010 at 9:35pm
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