What kind of hard drive can I use to upgrade my MacBook?

lux-tenebris · lux-tenebris #1 (**permalink**)

12-28-2009, 06:06 PM

Hi, a totally ignorant post here, any help would be appreciated:

I'm looking to change hard drives in my MB (the old one died) but I don't know if my choice is limited in any way. Is there a specific kind of HD that I need to get? My MB is white 13", 2GHz, 120gb, a couple of years old (07/08).

There's a guy selling a HD from his MB Pro -- would that fit?

Or would just any 2.5" drive fit? Do I need to pay specific attention to anything (I read something about SATA150 and SATA300 thing...)?

Maybe something like this:
TOSHIBA HDD2H24 SATA 2.5 250GB HARD DRIVE WINDOWS 7 - eBay (item 230416708857 end time Dec-31-09 10:19:02 PST)

Thanks in advance!

CrimsonRequiem · CrimsonRequiem #2 (**permalink**)

12-28-2009, 06:40 PM

2.5" SATA 9.5mm height.

WakeCarver · WakeCarver #3 (**permalink**)

12-28-2009, 09:55 PM

This one would be fine. I would be cautious buying a used HDD, you never know what you are going to get. Plus you would have a hard time getting any warranty support if something should go wrong.

Newegg.com - Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive

lux-tenebris · lux-tenebris #4 (**permalink**)

12-28-2009, 10:24 PM

great, thanks!

Maczor · Maczor #5 (**permalink**)

04-17-2012, 05:14 AM

If you can afford it, you want to go Solid State. For me, upgrading from Apple's standard MBP 5400rpm HD to a 250GB SSD was a greater performance boost than the newer processors over the old.

This post has some good technical info on the difference Do You Know What is Solid state drive ? | Techyv.com

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Inactive Staff Member Since: Jul 24, 2008 Posts: 5,956 Mac Specs: MBP 2.3 Ghz 4GB RAM 860 GB SSD, iMac 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 32GB RAM, Fusion Drive 1TB	12-28-2009, 06:40 PM 2.5" SATA 9.5mm height. 死神はリンゴしか食べない。
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lux-tenebris #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 28, 2009 Posts: 8	12-28-2009, 06:06 PM Hi, a totally ignorant post here, any help would be appreciated: I'm looking to change hard drives in my MB (the old one died) but I don't know if my choice is limited in any way. Is there a specific kind of HD that I need to get? My MB is white 13", 2GHz, 120gb, a couple of years old (07/08). There's a guy selling a HD from his MB Pro -- would that fit? Or would just any 2.5" drive fit? Do I need to pay specific attention to anything (I read something about SATA150 and SATA300 thing...)? Maybe something like this: TOSHIBA HDD2H24 SATA 2.5 250GB HARD DRIVE WINDOWS 7 - eBay (item 230416708857 end time Dec-31-09 10:19:02 PST) Thanks in advance!
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lux-tenebris #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 28, 2009 Posts: 8	12-28-2009, 10:24 PM great, thanks!
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Maczor #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 17, 2012 Posts: 1	04-17-2012, 05:14 AM If you can afford it, you want to go Solid State. For me, upgrading from Apple's standard MBP 5400rpm HD to a 250GB SSD was a greater performance boost than the newer processors over the old. This post has some good technical info on the difference Do You Know What is Solid state drive ? \| Techyv.com
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