Buying a new HDD for my macook pro, advice

Gustov · 12 May 2012 at 13:03

HI guys,

I'm buying a new HDD for my 4 year old macbook pro as the original one is now faulty.

My budget is £60 and it has to be 2.5" and obviously internal.

Does anyone know what one I should buy? Does it matter if I get 5400rpm or 7200rpm?

Thanks,

Gustov

magicroundabout · 12 May 2012 at 17:51

For that price bracket I'd recommend a Western Digital Scorpio Black 500gb. It's 7200rpm with 16mb cache which will speed up your pro big time. I had one before I got my momentous XT and it was a nice quiet drive

jamesfreddie · 12 May 2012 at 18:09

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magicroundabout · 12 May 2012 at 18:11

What part of £60 budget did you not read?

jamesfreddie · 12 May 2012 at 20:09

magicroundabout said:
What part of £60 budget did you not read?

But if he had £90 he would be better off with the SSD or if he could only get £60 together he could get a 60GB SSD.

OhEsEcks · 12 May 2012 at 20:15

Gustov said:
HI guys,

I'm buying a new HDD for my 4 year old macbook pro as the original one is now faulty.

My budget is £60 and it has to be 2.5" and obviously internal.

Does anyone know what one I should buy? Does it matter if I get 5400rpm or 7200rpm?

Thanks,

Gustov

Get whatever you can afford. As for speed of the drive, that's down to whether you're after longer battery life or not.

Personally, if I was going to upgrade the HDD in my MacBook Pro I would go with this. I honestly don't use very much space on my MacBook at all as all my important files I store on a NAS.

sharingan_sasuk · 12 May 2012 at 20:30

Get a 60GB SSD. It's like a breath of fresh air and will make your MBP feel like new again.

lamboman · 12 May 2012 at 21:53

magicroundabout said:
For that price bracket I'd recommend a Western Digital Scorpio Black 500gb. It's 7200rpm with 16mb cache which will speed up your pro big time. I had one before I got my momentous XT and it was a nice quiet drive

Going by what the OP has stated, this is the only sensible post here.

Why people are suggesting 60GB SSDs as well as stating what they would pick (how do you know whether your usage is similar to the OP's?) I will never know.

sharingan_sasuk · 12 May 2012 at 22:33

Well OP never mentioned about his needs or storage requirements, except ask between 5400 and 7200rpm. So based on speeds, a SSD will wipe the floor with them.

Gustov · 13 May 2012 at 16:12

Thanks so much guys, I went ahead and ordered the Western Digital Scorpio Black 500gb.

magicroundabout · 13 May 2012 at 20:16

Gustov said:
Thanks so much guys, I went ahead and ordered the Western Digital Scorpio Black 500gb.

great choice mate. Let us all know how you find it etc.