Macbook Pro - New hard drive

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Hustle

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What's the maximum hard drive capacity the current 13'' MBP's can take and what hard drives do they take?

I know it's 2.5'', but am a bit confused when it comes to SATA, SATA II, ATA etc.

Is there a big difference between 5400 and 7200?

Thanks
 
1TB is the maximum. Any SATA drive will work, no matter is it SATA I, II or III but most drives are SATA II. SATA is also known as Serial-ATA. 7200rpm is faster but may cause heat, vibration and battery life issues
 
The 7200rpm drives are a lot quicker than the 5400rpm ones. You'll notice the difference.

And I haven't noticed any additional heat or vibration from the 7200rpm WD Scorpio Black I installed on my wife's 13" MBP.
 
TZRaceR6 said:
The 7200rpm drives are a lot quicker than the 5400rpm ones. You'll notice the difference.

And I haven't noticed any additional heat or vibration from the 7200rpm WD Scorpio Black I installed on my wife's 13" MBP.
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What about the battery usage?
 
I've just ordered one below

WD Scorpio Black WD5000BEKT - Hard drive - 500 GB - internal - 2.5" - SATA-300 - 7200 rpm - buffer: 16 MB

Hopefully the battery wont take too much of a hit.

Will this drive be ok? (To late if it isn't) :D
 
Hustle said:
I've just ordered one below

WD Scorpio Black WD5000BEKT - Hard drive - 500 GB - internal - 2.5" - SATA-300 - 7200 rpm - buffer: 16 MB

Hopefully the battery wont take too much of a hit.

Will this drive be ok? (To late if it isn't) :D
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Yeah, it will work fine
 
RedReplicant said:
This isn't really true, the WD Blue 5200rpm 500gb drives are as quick as the 320gb Scorpio Black.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/scorpio-notebook-hdd,2109.html
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Really? I beg to differ.

h2benchw-access-time.png
 
TZRaceR6 said:
Really? I beg to differ.

http://media.bestofmicro.com/L/S/173152/original/h2benchw-access-time.png
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http://media.bestofmicro.com/L/U/173154/original/h2benchw-read-performance.png
Down .2MB/s to the 7200rpm Black
http://media.bestofmicro.com/L/V/173155/original/h2benchw-write-performance.png
Up .5MB/s over the 7200rpm Black
http://media.bestofmicro.com/L/T/173153/original/h2benchw-interface.png
Down 9MB/s on a theoretical test against the 7200rpm Black
http://media.bestofmicro.com/L/S/173152/original/h2benchw-access-time.png
Down .8ms from the 7200rpm Black
http://media.bestofmicro.com/M/0/173160/original/pcmark-file-write.png
1.7MB/s quicker than the 7200rpm Black
http://media.bestofmicro.com/M/1/173161/original/pcmark-xp-startup.png
Down 1.4MB/s from the 7200rpm Black

The point is they are neck and neck in performance, and you get an additional 180gb extra storage for the same price.
 
RedReplicant said:
Hey, good job, you know how to cherry pick benchmarks!
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Hey, it's your link!

What would you have preferred I used when it comes to faster access to your data on a HDD? And both the Black and Blue versions have the same amount of throughput, so which benchmark would you have used?

That said, my first comment was in comparison to the stock 5400rpm drive the 13" MBP comes with, not the Scorpio Blue.
 
TZRaceR6 said:
Hey, it's your link!

What would you have preferred I used when it comes to faster access to your data on a HDD? And both the Black and Blue versions have the same amount of throughput, so which benchmark would you have used?

That said, my first comment was in comparison to the stock 5400rpm drive the 13" MBP comes with, not the Scorpio Blue.
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No doubt that a 7200rpm drive is quicker than the stock drive, I was trying to show that a Blue will perform just as well at lower RPM. But yeah, it seriously makes a huge difference over stock.
 
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