Hello forum! I just got the MBP 13 about two weeks ago, and I wanted to upgrade the hard drive and ram. I figured out which ram to get, but I am stuck on the hard drive area. Could some of you give suggestions for a hard drive? Im looking to spend around $50-80 ish. A 500GB and I cant decide between a 5400, or a 7200 rpm. I want to get the most for the lowest price obviously. Thanks for your time and suggestions in advance!
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Macbook Pro 13 Hard Drive Upgrade
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i made the upgrade from a 5400RPM Samsung drive to a 7200RPM seagate drive and have noticed a significant boost in speed. startup time is greatly improved.
Im looking into the Western Digital Scorpio Blue or Black. Can anyone give me experience advice? Battery and sound really isnt too much of a deal, but I still want good battery and as quiet as possible. Will having a 7200 rpm really make a difference? Because if not, I would rather save my college money!
I have the 750Gb Scorpio Black and it is a great. 7200 rpm's does make a difference for some tasks. Mine is partitioned so one part includes OS, software and a most other things. The larger partition is for my photo library. I clone the smaller partition to my stock drive (320GB 5400 rpm).
I wrote a blog review on it a few months ago - see it here
I wrote a blog review on it a few months ago - see it here
Scorpio Black is quite power hungry. 1.2 watt idle @ Techreport.com
I love my Momentus XT 500GB. Here's how it performs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMldqf5oUZw
Looking for something cheaper: Samsung HM640JJ is a good one.
Get at least a 7200rpm drive if you want performance.
I love my Momentus XT 500GB. Here's how it performs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMldqf5oUZw
Looking for something cheaper: Samsung HM640JJ is a good one.
Get at least a 7200rpm drive if you want performance.
Hard to tell, many users report little to no decrease with the scorpio black. I cannot tell for sure but I suspect there is and it may be a 5 - 10% decrease at the most. It have never been a problem.
Samsung 9.5mm 1TB.
Working flawlessly for about 10 days now.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1183547/
Working flawlessly for about 10 days now.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1183547/
Okay, if it is a 5-10% decrease, I'm not terribly worried. My laptop is never away from a power source for more than a few hours because that's the only time I take it with me downstairs to watch a movie; I'm just too lazy to carry the adapter with me haha
failure rate
does anyone have any specs on if the failure rate of these drives has gone down? they used to fail at more than 2x the rate of drives like the hitachi's
does anyone have any specs on if the failure rate of these drives has gone down? they used to fail at more than 2x the rate of drives like the hitachi's
does anyone have any specs on if the failure rate of these drives has gone down? they used to fail at more than 2x the rate of drives like the hitachi's
One of the reasons I went with the WD Scorpio Black is a 5 year warranty - so they really stand behind it. To be safe I partitioned, one partition for my photo library. But, the first partition is for everything else which is cloned on my original Hitachi stock drive that came with my MBP. So should the WD ever fail, I can simply swap back the stock drive and no lose anything (since the last backup) and send in to WD for repair. That strategy alone is a good argument always buying a base model and getting a bigger hard drive and installing yourself, not only do you get more for less, but you have a free backup relative to paying a premium to Apple and not having a backup drive.
One of the reasons I went with the WD Scorpio Black is a 5 year warranty - so they really stand behind it. To be safe I partitioned, one partition for my photo library. But, the first partition is for everything else which is cloned on my original Hitachi stock drive that came with my MBP. So should the WD ever fail, I can simply swap back the stock drive and no lose anything (since the last backup) and send in to WD for repair. That strategy alone is a good argument always buying a base model and getting a bigger hard drive and installing yourself, not only do you get more for less, but you have a free backup relative to paying a premium to Apple and not having a backup drive.