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7200 HDD Benchmarks?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 2001
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Looking to upgrade yet again now that 7200 has reach the capacity I need but I have been unable to find any sites comparing the following drives. Was wondering if any of you folks had passed any in your travels or had any personal experiences to share. Thanks.
Hitachi Travelstar™ 7K320
Seagate Momentus 7200.3
Western Digital Scorpio BLACK
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Seagate, although the Hitachi is about 10% cheaper.
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In my MacBook i can hear the Seagate whirr with nearly every mouse click/drag. But it's pretty fast. The Hitachi has encryption, and the Seagate comes with or without "g-force" - the 500GB drives are worth considering, too.
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PowerBook 1400cs, Wallstreet, Lombard, MacBook Black
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Seagate, WD, and then Hitachi. Hitachi is overrated when it comes to notebook disks. They are usually fast to the market, but once the others catch up Hitachi usually ends up beat in terms of performance, power consumption, and noise. They're decent drives, but by no means leading.
I'm just now buying a second Seagate Momentus 7200.3. The first batches had some DOA problems which was quite frustrating but they're beyond that now fortunately. They're excellent drives - great performance, low power consumption, low noise. At $90 for that kind of performance they're an excellent deal. 
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Mac Elite
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I went with a Seagate Momentus. So far very impressed. Deff notice a speed increase over the 5200 drives with just general use of the machine. The drive is very quite and doesn't seem any warmer than previous ones I had int he MBP, I just notice a very slight vibration on the palm rest above the the drive, something I kinda expected. So far so good 
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Moderator  Join Date: Jan 2001
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This is more about hard drives than about a Mac notebook. Moved to consumer hardware.
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Administrator  Join Date: Jun 2000
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StorageReview.com has a Drive Performance Database.
Barefeats.com sometimes does Mac-specific drive shootouts, but they don't have a specific section for them.
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