Hard Drive Woes, OEM is best!

[Blue Sun]

I had the same experience. The WD scorpio blue was loud and slow. Upgraded to a Hitachi 500 GB 7200 rpm that was pulled from a Mac mini. Dead quiet just like the stock 160 GB 5400 I had, and very fast to boot.

There's a reason why Apple goes with them.

Really?

The 320GB Hitachi I pulled from my 2010 MBP was the loudest HDD I'd ever heard.

The SSD I have now is dead quiet.

 

[mrwonkers]

There's a reason why Apple goes with them.

coz there cheap!

 

[DarwinOSX]

Yes i understand some had seagate but any macbook pro i ever owned had a hitachi drive in it, were the seagates mostly found in older mbp's?

I can assure you that MBP use many more brands than Hitachi and have for years. My 2.0 ghz 15" MBP came with a Toshiba 5400rpm which I replaced with a WD 750GB 7200 rpm drive. Noticeable speed increase, not noticeable sound or battery use.

 

[DarwinOSX]

coz there cheap!

Because they are quiet, low vibration, and use less battery. Its a Steve Jobs thing.

 

[sugarboylovemac]

coz there cheap!

Yes Hitachi is cheap but works fine.

 

[mark28]

So how does the WD Black 750 gb 7200 rpm compares to the Hitachi drive in terms of noise and battery life?

 

[NazgulRR]

I am in THE EXACT SAME boat as the OP. I too have a 2010 MBP13 2.4 with an OEM Toshiba 250GB in it that is DEAD silent and I too once upgraded it to WD Scorpio Blue 500GB, but threw it out the same day cause I couldn't stand the noise.

Now I want to try upgrading again. This time to 750GB.

Does anyone have any first hand experiences with 750GB drives in 2010 MPB13s? I dont care about speed, but care about NOISE, VIBRATIONS and BATTERY LIFE.


(I don't have $$ for SSD)

 

[Philflow]

Hitachi has a reputation for making quiet drives. And rightfully so.

If silence is priority I would go with Hitachi 5K750.

PS. I don't have experience with this drive. I have a Momentus XT in my MBP 13" 2011 and it's dead quiet. I guess the MBP 2011 model has a better mounting system than the 2010 model.