Hard Drive Upgrade

[Munki60]

I have a 15" MacBook Pro with a 250gb hard drive and 2gb of RAM. I have only 7gb of space left and have been considering getting a time capsule to use as my main hard drive, due to never taking my laptop out of the house and streaming everything over my network.

I have been advised that it would be cheaper to just upgrade my hard drive. So, would this be possible:

Would i be able to replace my existing hard drive with a Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1TB 2.5" SATA-300 5200rpm 8MB? and would i need more RAM?

Is this easy to do?

 

[Reel1]

Looks like it should work fine, here are the instructions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_bgDRRN0_w

 

[stridemat]

That hard drive would work well and like you say is a dang lot cheaper than a Time Capsule. Regrading RAM you do not need more to use a larger hard drive, more RAM is needed when your system starts to feel sluggish and page outs start to increases.

For guides to upgrading your hard drive have a look at youtube.

 

[MrBrekke]

yes it is easy to change a HDD. more RAM only if you need it.

but there is so many treads in this forum regarding this question.
you can search the forums a bit and find answers to your question.

Notebook and Mini drives must be 9.5mm high or less

 

[Munki60]

Thanks. Looks like i have a project to be getting on with.

 

[maviso5]

a couple of threads down theres a guy going to a 1TB WD, looks pretty good

 

[Mickyfin]

a couple of threads down theres a guy going to a 1TB WD, looks pretty good

Do you have a link for this thread please my friend? I too am considering replacing my 500GB HDD in my MBP for a 1TB Drive.

 

[scottness]

That hard drive would work well and like you say is a dang lot cheaper than a Time Capsule.

Not to mention, a lot faster.

 

[gonzaload1987]

Maybe it's cheaper than TC solution, but you will get a bigger and SLOWER 5200 rpm HDD...Maybe you will have to considerate a 7200 rpm hard drive, and the rest of your media on an external or TC.

Even if it is more expensive, you can use for backup and media streaming your TC hard drive, a great solution for 2 problems

 

[DewGuy1999]

Do you have a link for this thread please my friend? I too am considering replacing my 500GB HDD in my MBP for a 1TB Drive.

MacRumors: Forums: Going from 500GB to 1TB in my Unibody MacBook!

 

[Dozerrox]

Maybe it's cheaper than TC solution, but you will get a bigger and SLOWER 5200 rpm HDD...Maybe you will have to considerate a 7200 rpm hard drive, and the rest of your media on an external or TC.

Even if it is more expensive, you can use for backup and media streaming your TC hard drive, a great solution for 2 problems

The data density increase on a TB drive would probably make up for the slightly lower RPM. I don't seem many people complaining about 5400 drives in general nowadays anyway, even when doing tasks that require high speeds like audio recording.