What brand/model is the stock 5400RPM drive?

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DesmoPilot

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Original poster

• May 2, 2010

• #1

Just wondering what brand/model the 5400RPM drive that apple's using these days.

 

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Ralzy

macrumors member

• May 2, 2010

• #2

13'' had a hitachi and the 15'' had a seagate. I had the two base models.

 

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saxman

macrumors 6502

• May 2, 2010

• #3

In my stock 13" 2.4 is a Seagate Momentus Model: ST9250315ASG

 

alust2013

macrumors 601

• May 2, 2010

• #4

I believe it is a Hitachi, probably the basic model, although for some reason mine has a Fujitsu drive that came with it.

EDIT: Ha, it appears that there really isn't a whole lot of consistency

 

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bugout

macrumors 6502a

• May 2, 2010

• #5

my 15" i7 came with a 500GB/5400 toshiba.

 

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NOTORIOUS187

macrumors member

• May 2, 2010

• #6

15" i7 HR AG - Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02

 

alphaod

macrumors Core

• May 2, 2010

• #7

Both of my i7 15" machines came with a Hitachi 5K500-B.

 

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paintballswimgu

macrumors 6502

• May 2, 2010

• #8

my 15 in 2.4 i5 came with a 320 gb seagate

 

Sneakz

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• May 2, 2010

• #9

Sisters 2.4GHz 13" had a Seagate.

 

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IceBreakerG

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• May 2, 2010

• #10

My 15" i5 (2.4Ghz) came with a 320GB Hitachi.

 

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neteng101

macrumors 65816

• May 2, 2010

• #11

Looking around the Apple store I noticed all the drives coming up at SATA 1.5 not 3.0 speeds.

 

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DesmoPilot

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Original poster

• May 2, 2010

• #12

neteng101 said:

Looking around the Apple store I noticed all the drives coming up at SATA 150 not 300.

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It's the controller in these MBPs; it supplies the speed needed by the device.

 

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tekmoe

macrumors 68000

• May 2, 2010

• #13

My stock drive (5400rpm) is a Hitachi.

 

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Vanarak19

macrumors 65816

• May 2, 2010

• #14

bugout said:

my 15" i7 came with a 500GB/5400 toshiba.

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that

 

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Vanarak19

macrumors 65816

• May 2, 2010

• #15

DesmoPilot said:

It's the controller in these MBPs; it supplies the speed needed by the device.

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Apparently, from what I read, this is an "Apple Stock HD" thing.

They are ppurely capable of SATA300

 

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germinator

macrumors 6502

• May 2, 2010

• #16

15" i7 500 GB 5400 RPM was Hitachi.

 

js81

macrumors 65816

• May 2, 2010

• #17

saxman said:

In my stock 13" 2.4 is a Seagate Momentus Model: ST9250315ASG

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Same one in my 13" 2.4, too.

 

RossMc

macrumors 65816

• May 2, 2010

• #18

My 15" i5 came with a 320GB Toshiba MK3255GSXF

 

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DesmoPilot

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• May 2, 2010

• #19

Thanks for the replies; debating what HD to replace the stock 5400 with (already have a enclosure coming to slap the stock HD in). Right now I'm leaning towards the WD Scorpio Blue 5400/500GB or the WD Scorpio Black 7200/320GB.

 

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thinh3d

macrumors member

• May 2, 2010

• #20

The Scorpio Black is noticeably noisy 🙂 I upgraded my stock HDD with a Hitachi TravelStar 500GB 7200rpm and very happy with it.

 

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tekmoe

macrumors 68000

• May 2, 2010

• #21

I upgraded to a Hitachi Travelstar 320gb 7200rpm drive. I converted the stock drive to a Time Machine backup.