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<blockquote data-quote="quin" data-source="post: 1002750" data-attributes="member: 136361"><p>I just installed the Hitachi Travelstar 500GB 7200rpm drive just a week ago. So far it's very good. Noise is very minimal, especially when you compare to the almost silent original 160 hdd 5400rpm drive that was in the notebook. BTW, it's a Seagate. The optical drive will be much louder than anything coming out of the Hitachi. There is a very, very slight vibration. Copied a DVD just to check, the whole laptop warmed up a little but nothing particular coming from the hdd corner. If it drains battery life more than the original, I can hardly tell I still get the same 4-5 hours the way I've been using the notebook since I got it.</p><p></p><p>If you're particular about any degree of noise or vibration coming out of the notebook and has 0 tolerance for it then get the 5400rpm. To be honest, I haven't done anything to warrant the advantage of the higher speed, only copying dvd. I can't tell the speed difference between the 5400 and the 7200 at normal usage. But it's nice for me to know that I have the 7200 speed when needed with very slight trade off in noise, vibration, battery drain, and heat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="quin, post: 1002750, member: 136361"] I just installed the Hitachi Travelstar 500GB 7200rpm drive just a week ago. So far it's very good. Noise is very minimal, especially when you compare to the almost silent original 160 hdd 5400rpm drive that was in the notebook. BTW, it's a Seagate. The optical drive will be much louder than anything coming out of the Hitachi. There is a very, very slight vibration. Copied a DVD just to check, the whole laptop warmed up a little but nothing particular coming from the hdd corner. If it drains battery life more than the original, I can hardly tell I still get the same 4-5 hours the way I've been using the notebook since I got it. If you're particular about any degree of noise or vibration coming out of the notebook and has 0 tolerance for it then get the 5400rpm. To be honest, I haven't done anything to warrant the advantage of the higher speed, only copying dvd. I can't tell the speed difference between the 5400 and the 7200 at normal usage. But it's nice for me to know that I have the 7200 speed when needed with very slight trade off in noise, vibration, battery drain, and heat. [/QUOTE]
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