best hdd for laptop

nfsworldrace said:

ahahah...the other reason want to change hdd to ssd...bec i always move my laptop 1 place to another so i think hdd is getting damaged....now my hdd is having some problems like doesnt detected slow boot ups...and keeps saying no operating system found...so i decided to replace it with a ssd to be safe :)

I've had three netbooks and, now, a notebook and I still have the HDDs from the netbooks, all of which test and work just fine. It takes some serious knocking about to damage a laptop type HDD; generally, that much impact will damage something else as well, such as the display. Still, an SSD is more robust than a HDD.

However, for what you will use your machine for, I still feel you would be better off getting a decent HDD for now—the Western Digital Blues are pretty good and reasonably priced—and saving up until you can afford a SSD larger than 120-128GB. Your OS, games, and programs will pretty much fill up a 60-64GB SSD and be hard pressed to maintain that 20-25% headspace I mentioned earlier; all this before putting any data on it. Even a 120-128GB will get what little space it has left for data eaten up pretty quickly. If you don't maintain that 20-25% headroom, SSDs will wear out faster due to the added number of rewrites needed for TRIM to do its thing and will also start to run slower. You can always use the HDD later for a backup drive after you replace it with a SSD.

oh sorry sis ahaha :)

nfsworldrace said:

oh sorry sis ahaha :)

LOL!

I used a Momentus XT 2nd gen for a long time and it was fast for a HDD. Much faster then the WD Black 7200 rpm. But I now own a Samsung 340 Pro 256 gb man does it fly. I just bought another. They run $214 shipped and you may find a special on them. They are of better quality then the Evo. I will be keeping this notebook so that's what sold me on the Pro.

nfs what is your budget and your laptop model? and you should see if your internal ports are sata 3 or 2 that will make a speed difference with the ones like a 840 pro or evo in play.

ICit2lol said:

Yep t some extent rvc but I have rited several brands in the laptop and really the speed over a spinner more than compensates for whatever the laptop can handle.

yeah i know i'm just saying an evo would probably be as fast as a pro at that point. although in theory the MLC nand of the pro will last longer but not much longer.