Re: replacement hard drive

From	felix_unger <me@nothere.biz>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: replacement hard drive
Date	2015-10-06 20:32 +1100
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On 06-October-2015 7:09 PM, Xeno wrote:

> On 6/10/2015 6:20 PM, Max wrote:
>> If I wanted to replace this hard drive in a laptop, which alternative
>> hard drives would work?
>>
>> Hitachi HTS545050B9A300
>
> One of the criteria I use is current consumption. I had 2 by 160 Gig 
> drives in my laptop as factory standard.

never seen a laptop with two hard drives in it

> Together they consumed 2 amps in total. I replaced them with 2 x 500 
> GB Western Digital Blue HDDs and current consumption was halved. That 
> equates to a much better battery life.
>
> One of those 500 GB drives was replaced 2 days ago with a Sandisk SSD 
> of 240 GB. That is a very worthwhile alternative as the speed of drive 
> operations is significantly enhanced. Linux boots in mere seconds.
>

power consumption is much less too with SSD's

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