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cavemanoc

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The 120Gb model is in stock NOW

Now if they'd just get the 160Gb model in for when I get back..... oooooo...... speedy! :D

(Can't believe Gibbo's keeping quiet about these gems - expected massive banner adverts - these things are awesome :p )
 
What's so good about them? This is the first mention I've seen of them. Is it just improved laptop performance or do they have anything of value for desktop use?
 
Stats can be found HERE

For those who don't follow these things - sustained transfer just under 60mb/s with a power consumption of 2.1W read/write and 0.8/0.25W idle/stby.

Thats both blisteringly fast (for a laptop drive) and excellent power usage (for a 7200 rpm drive)

All in all probably the best laptop drive out there, and available at 160Gb :D
 
cavemanoc said:
(Can't believe Gibbo's keeping quiet about these gems - expected massive banner adverts - these things are awesome :p )
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Gibbo's keeping quiet because he doesn't do hard drives, I do.:p I was off yesterday but you will see a nice news post. Will be sourcing the other sizes this week.

I'm tempted to get a 120GB for myself for my Vaio laptop. :)
 
Maybe i didnt make it clear enough :o

Doesnt the PS3 only allow upto 5400RPM?
Ive read somewhere, 7200RPM drives make too much noise/heat..
 
Noob with a laptop alert q's:

1) how easy is it to replace a laptop hd

2) my wonderful viao only came with a recovery disk, is that enough to reinstall vista on a new drive?
 
1) Usually pretty easy once you work out how to access the old one. SATA drives haven't made the same inroads into the laptop market as they have for desktops yet so it's possible that the drive in your Viao is still an IDE one.

2) Difficult to tell, it may be but then again it may also require files from a hidden partition on the existing HDD.
 
On my Vaio to change the drive it's just a case of removing two screws and the drive slides right out. :)

If you want to reinstall then just use your recovery disc (unless you don't want the OS/Programs Sony provide). On mine, you don't get a recovery disc but instead a hidden partition. I can't stand the amount of crap Sony put on so I've blank installed Vista instead and just put on the essentials.
If you want to keep the system as it is then just Norton Ghost the drive, install the new drive and just bring the drive back to how it was before
 
Hen_Dawg said:
Err, yes I guess, that's why it's so quick
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The interface has nothing to do with the speed of the drive.

The high data density and high (for a 2.5" HDD) spindle speed give the high transfer speeds and low seek times. Seagate are only producing SATA versions - despite using IDE drives in the product images :confused:
 
rpstewart said:
The interface has nothing to do with the speed of the drive.

The high data density and high (for a 2.5" HDD) spindle speed give the high transfer speeds and low seek times. Seagate are only producing SATA versions - despite using IDE drives in the product images :confused:
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We've got the correct pictures on our website. :)
 
Can't wait to get back and buy one of these (160Gb for me I think ;) )

Rather than a re-install, I was planning to do a disk image and just clone the old one onto the new via my desktop - got 4 free sata ports so should be pretty slick - Dell is the same - 2 screws and it's out!

If you are on IDE then you'll miss these unfortunately, but if you've got the cash... you could always go with one of These :p Samsung are doing a 64Gb one as well but it's >$1000 :eek:

I think I'll just stick with the shiny new seagate :p
 
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