HDD Upgrade Dilema... please don't ignore!

[Jman6439]

Without going further, I have used Mroogle and multiple resources.

I decided last week I was going to upgrade my HDD in the late 2008 Macbook Unibody. Initially I got the Seagate 7200.4 320gb, which seemed perfect for me. After 4 hours of use, I couldnt stand the vibration it sent throughout the unibody and alot of people agreed with me. So I returned it for a similar benchmarked performance WD Scorpio Blue 500GB. Right now I can tell you there is a definite wooshing sound (as people described as the calm ocean).

Should I exchange the Blue for another HDD (suggestions?) if anyone considers this one defective. Or should I keep my money handy untill the Intel SSD prices go down.

I'm kinda leaning more on the performance than space.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

Cheers.

[Mindinversion]

A while back I replaced my HDD in my 13" Macbook with a 320 Gig 7200 Western Digital drive. I have no additional noise, and very little additional heat from the drive compared to the 5400rpm drive that was in it.

What you're experiencing sounds ab-normal to me, and without researching it any further, if it were MY hardware, I'd probably RMA.

Your mileage may vary void where prohibited.

[fluffyx]

If you're talking about the 5400 RPM drive, the WD Scorpio Blue 500GB, I have the same drive.

It's usually very quiet... can you describe the "wooshing" noise? How closely do you have to listen in order to hear it?

[flopticalcube]

A bigger but emptier 5400RPM drive will be nearly as fast as a smaller but fuller 7300RPM drive.

[altecXP]

320gb WD black 7200rpm. Very quiet.

[tkermit]

If you're talking about the 5400 RPM drive, the WD Scorpio Blue 500GB, I have the same drive. It's usually very quiet...

It's almost unnoticeably quiet in my white '06 Macbook, unless I put my ear right next to it...

Although I probably wouldn't mind 'calm ocean' sounds... :D