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Western Digital Black 320gig 7200rpm

Steve686

Steve686

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I just did a fresh install yesterday and upgraded from my factory 250gb/5400rpm drive on 15" 2.4 4gb UMBP.

Boot time and program launch time are drastically reduced. Here are just some examples if you are in the market for a faster drive.

Geekbench Score Old: 3150
New:3531

Boot: Old Drive-55 seconds
New Drive-35 seconds

iTunes Launch: Old-8 seconds
New-4 seconds

Garageband: Old-25 seconds
New- 15 seconds

Obviously just some real world stats here but I am more than pleased with the upgrade.
 
Those are some awesome increases in time. When I bought my first gen MBP in May 06, I opted for the 100GB 7200 RPM drive(120GB 5400RPM was the biggest they had) and upgraded to a 320GB Seagate 7200RPM drive last November. Good stuff.
 
Questions

Do you notice any additional noise? Any difference in your fans or heat?
 
It's so easy to swap drives on both the PS3 and the UMBP. my ps3 is where the 250gb drive went. On the UMBP make sure you have a precision #00 Phillips head screwdriver, and a T6 size torx driver. There's so little tech involved with the swap even a caveman could do it. :)

The 7200 is as quiet as my 5400 was. No exra vibrations, either. And the drive actually runs cooler now. It stays about 99 degrees F. The 5400 would normally run about 105-110. So this is an added plus.

Oh. Battery time. Nothing noticeable but I'll update when I know more. To me, faster drive speed means less time overall reading/ writing to the disk. So I am hoping it would improve life if anything. I know some people will say it takes more power to make the drove spin faster so that would decrease life. Guess we'll wait and
see. Right now I average 4-5 hours casual net surfing on a charge.
 
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