Have the Samsung; pretty good.
I bought this LaCie hard drive and it has worked awesome thus far.
Holy crap you bought the new MBP? Didn't you just get a Penryn less than a year ago?![]()
Just got the WD Scorpio 500gb drive delivered^^
Haven't got a matching screwdriver though... I tried a few small ones but none of them worked... hope I didn't damage the screw too much :S gonna buy one tomorrow.. from what I've heard the Samsung and WD Drives are pretty much the same in terms of quality!
Hello Guys^^
Im thinking about upgrading my MBP's harddrive to 500 GB's.
I've found several 500 drives but I got no idea which one to take
I finally got the screw off that holds the drive which is now out. But I absolutely CAN'T get those 4 small ones on the sides off! They're waay to small and hard to take out :S And unfortunatly none were delivered with my drive![]()
You're kidding, right??Since I couldn't find the right size torx screwdriver anyway, I took them off with pliersWorks fine. The black paint will come off, but who cares.
I finally got the screw off that holds the drive which is now out. But I absolutely CAN'T get those 4 small ones on the sides off! They're waay to small and hard to take out :S And unfortunatly none were delivered with my drive![]()
I finally got the screw off that holds the drive which is now out. But I absolutely CAN'T get those 4 small ones on the sides off! They're waay to small and hard to take out :S And unfortunatly none were delivered with my drive![]()
I finally got the screw off that holds the drive which is now out. But I absolutely CAN'T get those 4 small ones on the sides off! They're waay to small and hard to take out :S And unfortunatly none were delivered with my drive![]()
You need a Torx T6 for those mounting screws.
I'll be interested to hear your feedback re: noise levels on the WD. I had a Seagate Momentus 500GB installed in mine, but it was only in there for a few hours. It was way too loud and I couldn't stand it. So now I'm trying to decide between the Samsung and the WD, and noise is the main factor.
I finally got the screw off that holds the drive which is now out. But I absolutely CAN'T get those 4 small ones on the sides off! They're waay to small and hard to take out :S And unfortunatly none were delivered with my drive![]()
I also too have the 500GB Samsung 3 Platter I found off of NewEgg for a decent price, no issues thus far and it stays amazingly cool.
I swapped the stock Hitachi 250GB 5400 rpm in my Unibody MBP2.4 for the Seagate Momentus 5400.6 500GB 8Mb cache drive. Perfect!. Totally silent, no vibrations...
Yeah, I don't understand why they torqued those screws so tight. All four of mine needed serious twist on the torx screwdriver.
I'm trying to decide between the two and came upon this fact too. Right now the WD drive looks like the performance winner, unless someone has information otherwise. Power consumption and other factors are another matter, obviously, but I think right now speed is my top concern.Amazing what you can find out with a little research/kickself ..
Looks like the WD drive is the ONLY drive that has only 2 platters, all other 500GB 2.5" drives are 3 platters. Wouldn't this make the WD drive the clear performance winner? I haven't been able to find any benchmark information on these drives yet, so I'm curious how the different drives perform.
What about the 500gb WD Scorpio blue, I was thinking about it as an upgrade to the 320gb in mine. Anyone have any experience with it?