[Thinkpad] HD Recommendation -- Hitachi TravelStar?

[Tim Semen]

Hmmm.  Didn't catch the 4200rpm detail...  Still would have worked fine for
my backups purpose, but I think I'd shy away from using it as the primary
drive.

There are 250gb 5400rpm drives out there, Dell and Alienware just started
using them.  But one presumes they're over the OP's budget.  :)

Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Wiseman [mailto:thinkpad at sus2.net] 
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:13 AM
To: Tim Semen; Thinkpad Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] HD Recommendation -- Hitachi TravelStar?

Tim Semen wrote:
> I've been spinning the 120gb version of the Samsung Spinpoint M series


That's the drive I've had in my X32 for a year and a half now. Great
performance and very quiet - much more so than the Hitachi originally in it.
I'd definitely recommend it to the OP and anyone else.



> Though checking out prices on Newegg depressed me as I found I could 
> now get a 200gb for less than I paid for my 120 less than a year ago.  
> But that's the way it goes, eh?


Yeah, that Samsung (HM120JC) can now be had for $74.16 shipped from eWiz
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=SM-HM120JC where I bought it at twice that
price back then. For some reason Newegg lists a 1-year warranty on the
Samsung drives, but I think they're wrong. I know mine has a 3-year
warranty, as I'm pretty sure all the Samsung Spinpoints do. Samsung is
3-years and Seagate is 5-years, which IMO gives them the edge in 2.5" HD
options.

As for the 200GB 2.5" drives, are they available yet in 5400rpm? I've only
seen the 4200rpm.