Notebook Hard Drives: 750GB And 640GB Models Reviewed
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Remember when 500GB was the most you could get from a notebook drive? It seems like most vendors have made the transition to 640GB. Western Digital even has its own 750GB model that fits within the 9.5 mm z-height. So, which of these drives is the best?
Test Setup And Comparison Table
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System Hardware | |
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Hardware | Details |
CPU | Intel Core i7-920 (45 nm, 2.66 GHz, 8MB shared L3 cache) |
Motherboard (Socket 1366) | Supermicro X8SAX Revision: 1.0; Chipset: Intel X58 + ICH10R; BIOS: 1.0B |
RAM | 3 x 1GB DDR3-1333 Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9DHX |
HDD | Seagate NL35, 400GB, ST3400832NS, 7,200 RPM, SATA/150, 8MB Cache |
Power Supply | OCZ EliteXstream 800W, OCZ800EXS-EU |
Benchmarks | |
Performance Measurements | h2benchw 3.12PCMark Vantage 1.0 |
I/O Performance | IOMeter 2006.07.27Fileserver-BenchmarkWebserver-BenchmarkDatabase-BenchmarkWorkstation-BenchmarkStreaming ReadsStreaming Writes |
System Software and Drivers | |
Driver | Details |
Operating System | Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 |
Intel Chipset Drivers | Chipset Installation Utility 9.1.0.1007 |
AMD Graphics | Radeon 8.12 |
Intel Matrix Storage | 8.7.0.1007 |
Comparison Table
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Manufacturer | Samsung | Seagate | Toshiba | Western Digital |
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Model | M7E | Momentus 5400 | MKxx65GSX | WD Scorpio Blue |
HM641JI | ST9640320AS | MK6465GSX | WD7500BPVT | |
Form Factor | 2.5" (9.5 mm) | 2.5" (9.5 mm) | 2.5" (9.5 mm) | 2.5" (9.5 mm) |
Capacity | 640GB | 640GB | 640GB | 750GB |
Spindle Speed | 5,400 RPM | 5,400 RPM | 5,400 RPM | 5,400 RPM |
Other Capacities | 160, 250, 320, 500GB | 160, 250, 320, 500GB | 160, 250, 320, 500GB | 160, 250, 320, 640GB |
Platters | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Cache | 8MB | 8MB | 8MB | 8MB |
NCQ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Interface | SATA 3Gb/s | SATA 3Gb/s | SATA 3Gb/s | SATA 3Gb/s |
Operating Temperature | 5-55°C | 0-60°C | 5-55°C | 0-60°C |
Specified Idle Power | 0.9W | 0.7W | 0.8W | 0.7W |
Measured Idle Power | 0.7W | 0.8W | 0.8W | 0.6W |
Operating Shock (2 ms, read) | 400 G | 350 G | 400 G | 350 G |
Warranty | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years |
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