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New MacBook hard drive replacement
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<blockquote data-quote="Amen-Moses" data-source="post: 330751" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>Yes. The 5400 speed 120Gbyte drive I fitted to my iBook this weekend (not a job for the unsteady hand I can tell you <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />) is rated about 50% higher current draw than the 4200 speed 30Gb it replaced. The 100Gb 7200 speed I put in my MacBook is about 30% higher again. (55mA for the 30G 4200, 85mA for the 120Gb 5400 and 110mA for the 100Gb 7200)</p><p></p><p>I reckon the best bang for buck at present would be a 160Gb 5400, the performance increase on the iBook was very pronounced whereas the MacBook was hardly noticeable.</p><p></p><p>The other difference in the drives is that the 120G 5400 drive has 8Mb cache whereas the 4200 30Gb only had 2Mb (I'm not sure what the 7200 drive had, probably 8Mb as well).</p><p></p><p>Amen-Moses (who should really stop taking his computers apart!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amen-Moses, post: 330751, member: 114"] Yes. The 5400 speed 120Gbyte drive I fitted to my iBook this weekend (not a job for the unsteady hand I can tell you ;)) is rated about 50% higher current draw than the 4200 speed 30Gb it replaced. The 100Gb 7200 speed I put in my MacBook is about 30% higher again. (55mA for the 30G 4200, 85mA for the 120Gb 5400 and 110mA for the 100Gb 7200) I reckon the best bang for buck at present would be a 160Gb 5400, the performance increase on the iBook was very pronounced whereas the MacBook was hardly noticeable. The other difference in the drives is that the 120G 5400 drive has 8Mb cache whereas the 4200 30Gb only had 2Mb (I'm not sure what the 7200 drive had, probably 8Mb as well). Amen-Moses (who should really stop taking his computers apart!) [/QUOTE]
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