Which 7200 rpm 750GB H.D.D. brand is better?????

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Which 7200 rpm 750GB H.D.D. brand is better?????

Hi guys,

I am seriously trying to find the best choice 7200 rpm 750GB H.D.D. for my MBP!

Each brand I choose I see lots of complaints. I talked to a support personnel of one of the resellers and he seriously rejected the new WD. I, originally, was looking for Hitachi (I know WD has bought it but still you can find Hitachi made drives) but I was told Seagate is the better choice. When I checked the reviews on Seagate 7200 rpm 750GB drive (what I am looking for), I saw numerous complaints of excessive heat and couple of noise complaints after few months.

As I see it, many people complain about the real excessive heat in these drives and some noise problem also seems to be common as well!

My question is from people who have bought any of WD and/or Seagate and/or Hitachi 7200 rpm 750GB drives to be kind and share their experience. Also, I really appreciate technical comments from experinced people who has a Mac to tell me what 7200 rpm 750GB drive do they recommend.

Your assistance is highly appreciated!

Mac Book Pro 15.4, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 2.66, 4GB RAM (Late 2008 model) purchased March 2009

Posted on Aug 27, 2011 1:14 AM

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Answer 1

samberl

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Aug 27, 2011 4:07 AM in response to Sasan Mac

You are more likely to hear from users who are having problems with their drives on these forums than those that are happy with their drives.

I have used Seagate, WD and Hitachi drives without any problems.

Heat and noise tolerance levels vary from one user to the next.

I suggest you check on the return policy from your supplier should you have a problem.

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Answer 2

samberl

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Aug 27, 2011 4:30 AM in response to samberl

Can I suggest your contact OWC who specialize in Mac upgrades and get their advice on the most trouble free drive at the moment.

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Answer 3

Kappy

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Aug 27, 2011 2:07 PM in response to Sasan Mac

In any laptop the more things you put in it that generate heat the hotter they run. This includes hard drives and RAM. Bigger and faster hard drives generate some additional heat due to larger power demands (and reduce overall battery time.) You have to decide what's more important to you - capacity, speed, or both.

Personally, I've used all different brands of hard drives including Hitachi, Seagates, and Toshiba drives. I've not found any to be noisier or hotter than the other given similar features. I tend to disregard complaints about noise because each user seems to have different tolerances for noise. Same with heat. Users tend to complain only when they think that nothing will change, but of course things will change (assuming they did not get a bad drive.)

There isn't that much power consumption difference between a 5400 and 7200 RPM drive of the same capacity. Maybe one to one and a half watts. You can check that by looking at the different drive specs.

I would mainly suggest staying away from so-called "green" drives that seem not to work that well in Macs. I, personally, stay away from WD drives because WD provides really spotty support for Macs plus they have lots of products that are incompatible but they don't ever make that very clear.

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