asus eee 1000 with 7200rpm hdd

[adbp1]

really tempted at getting one of these eee's the 10" model with the 80gb hdd running xp, what i would like to know is has anyone upgraded to the scorpio 7200prm and is there much of a increase in speed etc.

also i heard they are underclocked some what and has anyone overclocked it yet?

thanks ali

 

[ninja2000]

Hi,

I have an eeepc 1000, I upgraded it to a 5400rpm 250gb and 2gb of ram. Their is very little HD ventilation so my HD idles at 45-48 and can go upto 55 at load. Its within spec just! I am not sure I would want to put a 7200 in there. Also I cant see a need! the netbook itselft isnt the quickest but great for surfing/watching movies/playing music/office etc.

Also it ships with a super hybrid engine which allows you to adjust the clock speed. There is 3 settings, power saver (underclocked for better batt life), high power (standard atom clocks) and super performance (overclocked). I mostly use it in power saver as it copes with my average use (ie watching movies/surfing/DLing) and up it to super mode if unraring etc.

I get over 5 hours battery life in power saver mode.