Macbook HDD died. Seeking new HDD buying advice

[d0GGii]

Dear macrumor members,

I am seeking buying advice on a new HDD for my 2007 macbook. The HDD died on me a couple days ago while i was listening to music. Took it to the genius bar yesterday, and the apple guy announced that the HDD is dead.

I am looking for any HDD under $100 to replace the dead one but I want to make sure that I am looking at the right one to buy.

Thanks,

 

[logana]

Any 2.5" SATA disk will be fine - must be 9.5mm (3/8") thick - most are.

500GB disks are often 12.5mm (1/2") and will not fit - and probably won't be below $100 anyway.

I have a 320GB WD disk in my MacBook and would recommend that disk to anyone....

 

[d0GGii]

Thanks! I'm looking through newegg and buy.com now.

 

[Cave Man]

I am looking for any HDD under $100 to replace the dead one but I want to make sure that I am looking at the right one to buy.

Do you do anything that requires a lot of random access (e.g., database, games, etc.) or just sustained read/writes (e.g., music, movies, photography, etc)? If the former, go with a 7200 rpm drive. If the latter go for a 5400 rpm drive with larger capacity. You can get a 320 gb drive for that much, or the 5400 rpm 500 gb Samsung from NewEgg for $110.

 

[d0GGii]

Do you do anything that requires a lot of random access (e.g., database, games, etc.) or just sustained read/writes (e.g., music, movies, photography, etc)? If the former, go with a 7200 rpm drive. If the latter go for a 5400 rpm drive with larger capacity. You can get a 320 gb drive for that much, or the 5400 rpm 500 gb Samsung from NewEgg for $110.

Thanks, Cave Man. I went with the WD 7200 rpm 320gb for $99!