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Cheap 1tb drives on ebay (not seller)

Astroboy907

Astroboy907

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astroboy907 said:
Just wanted people to know I got a 1tb SATA (WD Scorpio Blue) on ebay for $75ish. The drives sell on other sites for $109. An example is available at this link (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140753875088&_trksid=p2992.m753#ht_500wt_1377)
Please note that I am not responsible for anything that happens if you buy a drive- make sure to do your homework and see if you want it and if it will work. -A907
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That's the 12.5mm version, not the 9.5mm. They won't work in a MBP.
 
dlimes13 said:
That's the 12.5mm version, not the 9.5mm. They won't work in a MBP.
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I have seen multiple instances where a 12.5 is accepten in a MBP. I believe it is only on the unibody models. We shall see. :)

Edit: My model (late 2008) has the removable battery cover. The difference i n height between the battery and hard drive is pretty noticeable, I doubt I will have trouble fitting it in there.
 
astroboy907 said:
I have seen multiple instances where a 12.5 is accepten in a MBP. I believe it is only on the unibody models. We shall see. :)

Edit: My model (late 2008) has the removable battery cover. The difference i n height between the battery and hard drive is pretty noticeable, I doubt I will have trouble fitting it in there.
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Good luck. That won't fit.
 
I would be more concerned with the poor performance of the 12.5mm 5200RPM Western Digital Scorpio Blue than fitting. The updated 9.5mm 5400RPM version has significantly better performance. The 9.5mm 5400RPM Western Digital Scorpio Blue can match some benchmarks set by the 9.5mm 7200RPM Western Digital Scorpio Black.
 
shortcut3d said:
I would be more concerned with the poor performance of the 12.5mm 5200RPM Western Digital Scorpio Blue than fitting. The updated 9.5mm 5400RPM version has significantly better performance. The 9.5mm 5400RPM Western Digital Scorpio Blue can match some benchmarks set by the 9.5mm 7200RPM Western Digital Scorpio Black.
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How much worse is it performance wise? I didn't really want to spend $60 more for slightly better performance. I have had stock apple drives so I there probably won't be much difference, just needed storage :) anyways my CPU is probably my bottleneck in performance (it's a C2D)... Next time I get a Mac, I'll definitely go sad but right now I don't have the cash.
 
Mr. Retrofire said:
The 12.5 mm version is pretty fast. Just make sure, that the first partition is the system partition (100 GB in my case, because i install larger Adobe & development packages).
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How fast? :)
And may I ask why it has to be the first partition? I dont really understand how a computer manages hard drive space. I assume putting that as a first partition will allow for fastest system speeds. I'd make mine 64gb, I have some adobe software and my current setup has me at about 30gb software.
 
astroboy907 said:
How fast? :)
And may I ask why it has to be the first partition? I dont really understand how a computer manages hard drive space. I assume putting that as a first partition will allow for fastest system speeds. I'd make mine 64gb, I have some adobe software and my current setup has me at about 30gb software.
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By making the system partition the first one in disk utility, you are "short stroking" the disk. This restricts the files on that partition to lie on the fastest part of the disk. I got my 9.5mm Scorpio blue last week, and this results in a huge difference: 100MB/S read/write average on the first partition, 60MB/S on my second partition.
 
riptideMBP said:
By making the system partition the first one in disk utility, you are "short stroking" the disk. This restricts the files on that partition to lie on the fastest part of the disk. I got my 9.5mm Scorpio blue last week, and this results in a huge difference: 100MB/S read/write average on the first partition, 60MB/S on my second partition.
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Ok, thats what I thought :) (just making sure). Thats the easy part though... After that I have to move ~600gb of photos and iTunes data. :\

Edit: How do system files link to different partitions? I mean, will the documents folder be on the main partition or would it be able to link to the other partition.
 
i prefer to keep my entire installation besides media files on the SSD, but you can add symbolic links if necessary. For example, this terminal command redirects steam to find my game files on my secondary drive:

"ln -s /Volumes/MEDIA/SteamApps /users/riptideMBP/Library/Application\ Support/Steam/"

where "/Volumes/MEDIA/SteamApps" is the actual file location
and "/users/riptideMBP/Library/Application\ Support/Steam/" is the location steam thinks the files are in
 
riptideMBP said:
i prefer to keep my entire installation besides media files on the SSD, but you can add symbolic links if necessary. For example, this terminal command redirects steam to find my game files on my secondary drive:

"ln -s /Volumes/MEDIA/SteamApps /users/riptideMBP/Library/Application\ Support/Steam/"

where "/Volumes/MEDIA/SteamApps" is the actual file location
and "/users/riptideMBP/Library/Application\ Support/Steam/" is the location steam thinks the files are in
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This method works well with exception of iTunes library files. iTunes can not follow symbolic links for some reason. I keep all my files except movies on my 480GB OWC ME Pro 6G in my MBP. On my iMac I moved Pictures, Movies, and Downloads to the hard drive because the SSD is only 240GB. If you symlink these special folders you will lose the icon, so it's best to create the new directory, copy and paste the special directory icon to the new directory, delete the original directory, then symlink to the new directory.
 
shortcut3d said:
This method works well with exception of iTunes library files. iTunes can not follow symbolic links for some reason. I keep all my files except movies on my 480GB OWC ME Pro 6G in my MBP. On my iMac I moved Pictures, Movies, and Downloads to the hard drive because the SSD is only 240GB. If you symlink these special folders you will lose the icon, so it's best to create the new directory, copy and paste the special directory icon to the new directory, delete the original directory, then symlink to the new directory.
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The icon isn't that important. :confused:
 
shortcut3d said:
This method works well with exception of iTunes library files. iTunes can not follow symbolic links for some reason. I keep all my files except movies on my 480GB OWC ME Pro 6G in my MBP. On my iMac I moved Pictures, Movies, and Downloads to the hard drive because the SSD is only 240GB. If you symlink these special folders you will lose the icon, so it's best to create the new directory, copy and paste the special directory icon to the new directory, delete the original directory, then symlink to the new directory.
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Oh, for itunes you just tell itunes where the new library is
 
riptideMBP said:
Oh, for itunes you just tell itunes where the new library is
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Lol, I cant tell what you all are saying! :)
I guess I dont know much terminal code.... C I have a basic grasp of, and HTML I know, but not terminal.. (unix, whatever you call it)

Basically just if I do the partition, can I have the downloads, sites, etc folders on a different partition without OSX doing backflips trying to figure itself out?
 
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