Macbook Pro HDD

Jay662 · 27 Mar 2011 at 13:00

Morning all,

For the past few days I have been looking at some 500GB-750GB hard drives for a Macbook Pro early 2011.

Now I am looking for some advice as there seems to be a lot of mixed reviews over HDDs. I was looking at the Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500Gb however there are people which have problems with the drive parking intermittently.

Can anyone recommend a drive which they are using or have used?

AbsenceJam · 27 Mar 2011 at 16:53

Go for the Seagate Momentus XT, you can't get quicker without getting an SSD. Next step down would be a 500GB Hitachi 7K500 or the slightly slower/louder 500GB WD Scorpio Black (the 750GB is slower).

hyper_piper45 · 27 Mar 2011 at 17:46

AbsenceJam said:
Go for the Seagate Momentus XT, you can't get quicker without getting an SSD. Next step down would be a 500GB Hitachi 7K500 or the slightly slower/louder 500GB WD Scorpio Black (the 750GB is slower).

I have read that there are a lot of problems with the Momentus XT's. I am currently using a WD Scorpio Black 500GB. Perfectly silent, fast and no problems.

8t10 · 27 Mar 2011 at 17:50

500gb Scorpio Black here. No problems to report.

Combat squirrel · 27 Mar 2011 at 18:15

Iv a toshiba 1TB in my macbook unibody, 12.5mm but fits, nice and fast and no probs to report.

AbsenceJam · 27 Mar 2011 at 18:52

hyper_piper45 said:
I have read that there are a lot of problems with the Momentus XT's. I am currently using a WD Scorpio Black 500GB. Perfectly silent, fast and no problems.

Each one I own has been perfect with the latest firmware (one vibrated a bit much before the update).

Ev0 · 27 Mar 2011 at 22:11

How have the WD Black or Seagate XT drives effected battery life, if at all, for people who have them?

hyper_piper45 · 27 Mar 2011 at 22:58

Ev0 said:
How have the WD Black or Seagate XT drives effected battery life, if at all, for people who have them?

Can't say i noticed any difference tbh.

kirkster · 28 Mar 2011 at 07:59

8t10 said:
500gb Scorpio Black here. No problems to report.

+1

Works an absolute charm. No problems with power, heat or noise, despite me dropping the Macbook down the stairs last week.... :rolleyes:

Jay662 · 28 Mar 2011 at 12:35

Thanks for the recommendations guys.

I ended up going with the Hitachi 500GB 7K500, it seemed to be the best price. Hopefully the 7200rpm makes a nice difference.

kirkster · 28 Mar 2011 at 20:29

Jay662 said:
Thanks for the recommendations guys.

I ended up going with the Hitachi 500GB 7K500, it seemed to be the best price. Hopefully the 7200rpm makes a nice difference.

Not a massive difference in speed but it all counts. The space makes a big difference of course.