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5400 vs 7200 RPM hard drives?
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<blockquote data-quote="Noels" data-source="post: 681651" data-attributes="member: 49942"><p>Hi MacBookMe,</p><p></p><p>That drive is the right kind, 2.5" SATA. As for the 7200RPM, you should notice a speed difference, but I can't say definitively that it would be faster than adding 4GB RAM. I haven't seen any stats on that. That said, believe I'd go for the 320GB 5400RPM drive instead and add to get 4GB RAM when you can afford it (That's what I did). If you decide to go with the 7200 RPM drives, look here at the Seagate 200GB 7200 at a lower price than that Samsung: <a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/item/SEAGATE%20OWC/ST9200420ASG/" target="_blank">http://eshop.macsales.com/item/SEAGATE%20OWC/ST9200420ASG/</a></p><p>Check out this site (OWC) for other 2.5" SATA options as well, here for example: <a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/search/2.5%22+sata+drives" target="_blank">http://eshop.macsales.com/search/2.5%22+sata+drives</a></p><p></p><p>Samsungs are good drives, but if you're shopping around, you might also want to check out the options available at Newegg.com - good variety and good prices there as well.</p><p></p><p>Lots of folks here did buy 7200 drives. You might hear from them too.</p><p></p><p>Good luck on whatever you decide,</p><p></p><p>Noel</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Go here for definition of cache: <a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-cache-memory.htm" target="_blank">http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-cache-memory.htm</a></p><p></p><p>Note this definition is for computers, but it's really the same when applied to hard drives, see last papagraph...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Noels, post: 681651, member: 49942"] Hi MacBookMe, That drive is the right kind, 2.5" SATA. As for the 7200RPM, you should notice a speed difference, but I can't say definitively that it would be faster than adding 4GB RAM. I haven't seen any stats on that. That said, believe I'd go for the 320GB 5400RPM drive instead and add to get 4GB RAM when you can afford it (That's what I did). If you decide to go with the 7200 RPM drives, look here at the Seagate 200GB 7200 at a lower price than that Samsung: [URL="http://eshop.macsales.com/item/SEAGATE%20OWC/ST9200420ASG/"]http://eshop.macsales.com/item/SEAGATE%20OWC/ST9200420ASG/[/URL] Check out this site (OWC) for other 2.5" SATA options as well, here for example: [URL="http://eshop.macsales.com/search/2.5%22+sata+drives"]http://eshop.macsales.com/search/2.5%22+sata+drives[/URL] Samsungs are good drives, but if you're shopping around, you might also want to check out the options available at Newegg.com - good variety and good prices there as well. Lots of folks here did buy 7200 drives. You might hear from them too. Good luck on whatever you decide, Noel EDIT: Go here for definition of cache: [URL="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-cache-memory.htm"]http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-cache-memory.htm[/URL] Note this definition is for computers, but it's really the same when applied to hard drives, see last papagraph... [/QUOTE]
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