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HD 500GB Hitachi!
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I found this http://www.jr.com/hitachi/pe/HIT_HD20500IDK5/ but I don't know if it is the better choise.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Is there a reason you want to buy from there?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145257
Promo code: HDDSALE15 for 15% off. Personally I went with the WD Scorpio Blue.
I have one in my MBP from Apple as the stock drive. It's OK but if I were going to buy a 500GB I'd get the Western Digital Scorpio Blue 5400rpm drive. You can get it from lots of places for around $100.
According to this review, the Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B is about average:
http://techreport.com/articles.x/17010
There are many other brands included in that review as well including the WD Scorpio Blue stated in previous posts.
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I'd try to avoid WD Scorpio Blue. There have been many complaints about whooshing and clicking, here's just a couple...
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/762210/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/761749/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/748990/
You can use them at the same time. Some are replacing their optical drive with an SSD in a Newmodeus adapter and use the SSD for OS, apps and to boot from while keeping their large media files on the HDD. The 2nd gen Intel X-25 seems to be the preferred choice atm. Here's a thread on the subject
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/680228/
if there are a few brands i would never touch
its
hitatchi , maxtor (no longer a company thank god) <---desktop drives , quantum and toshiba.
they all fail constantly.
i work on laptops all week long....mostly mac's...and i have stacks of those brands bad.
its
hitatchi , maxtor (no longer a company thank god) <---desktop drives , quantum and toshiba.
they all fail constantly.
i work on laptops all week long....mostly mac's...and i have stacks of those brands bad.
yeah, im having the same problem. Im down to two brands, the scorpio blue and the fujitsu drives. I hear constant problem surrounding the blues about click, vibrations, whoosing sounds, etc etc. I was wondering if any has anything to say about the fujitsu.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822116160
im curious with the company that makes the original hdd from the mac books suffer any drawbacks? if its loud or what not. anybody?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822116160
im curious with the company that makes the original hdd from the mac books suffer any drawbacks? if its loud or what not. anybody?
i have pulled a few bad fuji's but most of it was due to dropping or bumping, fujitsu drives have gotten better over time.
but i would stick to samsung , wd , seagate Without the SMS sensors in them.
im running the stock Hitachi in my 17" and the 80gb in the optibay.
the sms sensor in the 17" is very sensitive and will pick up any motion so im hoping the drive will last long.
hmm what would you advise to do than?
i mean, i hear alot of good about the s blues but at the same time i seem to hear alot of problems.
would you say the fujitsu it closer to stock drive than the s blue? im looking for the quietest, and like stated before, almost identical to my stock hdd.
My MBP came with a 320 gb Fujitsu. I tried the 500 gb WD Scorpio Blue but it was too noisy. The Fujitsu is much quieter than the WD Scorpio Blue.
so the hd that new egg is selling (the fujitsu) is the same type of hd that comes stock? and also, is it a bad thing that new egg says the 7200 one? i could find a 5400 one on ebay for about 4 dollars less. any difference between the two? negative and positive?
btw, call me stupid but why is the bottom hard drive, that only has 60gbs, more expensive than the higher capacity ones?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...80 50001540&name=FUJITSU - Storage/Hard Drive
The Fujitsu in my MBP is model # MJA2320BH. It looks to me like Newegg has the 500gb version of the same drive...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822116172
alright, decided to go fujitsu. last questions, do you think the
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822116160
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822116172
will function the same? I would rather save the 20 and get the 320 if they acted the same way (preferably really quiet). But if the 500gb is the same model time apple uses, i guess the safe choice is to go with that.
does apple use the 320gb model in their computers also or is the one fujitsu model they use that new egg sells is the 500gb one.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822116160
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822116172
will function the same? I would rather save the 20 and get the 320 if they acted the same way (preferably really quiet). But if the 500gb is the same model time apple uses, i guess the safe choice is to go with that.
does apple use the 320gb model in their computers also or is the one fujitsu model they use that new egg sells is the 500gb one.
The 7200 rpm will require more power therefore it will effect battery life and may have more vibration than the 500/5400.
Like I've said before, I own one, as do three of my friends, and NONE of us have the problems mentioned there.
I do have a Scorpio Blue (almost two year old 320GB), my brother and sister have Scorpio Blues (500GBs), my best friend has a Scorpio Blue (500GB).
All are working perfectly.
It seems like most people are buying either Scorpios or Seagate Momentus.
Since such a minority (based on own impressions!!) buy other drives, there aren't many complaining about them either.
All are working perfectly.
It seems like most people are buying either Scorpios or Seagate Momentus.
Since such a minority (based on own impressions!!) buy other drives, there aren't many complaining about them either.
Given your knowledge what brand HD (not SSD) would you recommend for a uMBP?
Thank you in advance...
I have Hitachi's in my 2009 Macs at home, both Laptop and Mini, and they work great. They just came out with the 500GB 5400RPM with 8MB Cache, however I am using the 320GB 7200 RPM with 16MB Cache and no troubles close to a year of use now.
I was a die hard Seagate fan, but after going Hitachi I might not go back. They are super fast and Super quiet, unless your doing something that requires the need to spin the spindles, I rarely even feel a slight vibration on my uMB on the right hand side where the drive is located.
Good Luck!
I was a die hard Seagate fan, but after going Hitachi I might not go back. They are super fast and Super quiet, unless your doing something that requires the need to spin the spindles, I rarely even feel a slight vibration on my uMB on the right hand side where the drive is located.
Good Luck!