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Reddit mentions of Toshiba 1TB 5400RPM SATA3/SATA 6.0 GB/s 8MB Notebook Hard Drive (2.5 inch)- MQ01ABD100
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We found 8 Reddit mentions of Toshiba 1TB 5400RPM SATA3/SATA 6.0 GB/s 8MB Notebook Hard Drive (2.5 inch)- MQ01ABD100. Here are the top ones.
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The SATA interface 5,400 RPM notebook series hard disk drives are designed for mainstream applications requiring power-efficiency and reliability from their storage solution.Serial ATA (SATA) is a serial interface that can operate at speeds up to 6Gb/s. SATA is scalable and enables easy integration, high performance, and efficient system designs. SATA is the evolutionary replacement for the Parallel ATA (PATA) storage interface.Ramp Load technology restricts the drive’s recording head from touching the disk media, resulting in improved protection of the drive while being transported and less wear to the recording head.Optimized for use in power-friendly consumer and commercial computing systems, the drive’s power management technology provides significant power consumption savings at 4.5 watts spin up (start), and 0.18 watts (or less) standby and sleep power requirements.Toshiba’s advanced servo techniques and mechanical design minimizes drive acoustics, making them as silent as possible during operation.Capacity: 1 TBRotational Speed: 5400 rpmCache: 8 MBInterface: SATA 3.0 Gb/sAverage Latency: 5.55 ms
Specs:
| Height | 3.94 Inches |
| Length | 2.75 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Size | 1 TB |
| Weight | 0.25 Pounds |
| Width | 0.37 Inches |
unless you are very sensitive to load times, just get the most space you can afford. If you are in the USA, 1TB for $61 delivered isn't bad.
This is the HDD it was replaced with. http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-2-5-Inch-SATA2-Notebook-MQ01ABD100/dp/B00AUH3L04/
I justgot this one and it seems pretty good.
TL;DR: If the computer that you're looking for has support for an M.2 SSD, you can have both the SSD and the HDD. Otherwise, you'll have to change the HDD for an SSD. Getting an SSD will be expensive, but if you opt for the laptop that already has an SSD, you will be completely unable to upgrade the graphics card. You may want to employ your local nerd to help you change your OS data over to the new SSD. Expect to spend about $300 on the upgrade, but realize that adding an SSD makes the laptop feel faster, not game better.
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Look to see if the laptop has support for a m.2 SSD slot. If so, you can have both an SSD and the 1TB HDD for storage/games.
The major improvement for having an SSD is reduced loading times of data that would typically be on the HDD. This means you computer boots in seconds (usually <5 seconds, after the splash screen/logo goes away), has minimal lagging after boot, and storage of any large files are infinitely faster.
However, you are looking at some major costs for an SSD drive: a 1 TB drive looks like it will run you just shy of $300 for either the m.s or a traditional SSD. However, a traditional 1TB laptop HDD will run you as little as $50, and if you step up to a higher performance drive, the price will almost certainly stay below $70.
It is worth noting that with most computers, the HDD will make them feel slow, as loading programs bogs the drive down, especially at startup. However, for gaming, there is no impact on performance aside from loading times. Certainly, the graphics card will have a much larger impact on gaming performance.
As far as how easy the upgrade will be, it should be noted that whether you change to a traditional SSD or to an M.2 SSD, you will have to migrate your OS files over to the SSD in order to see any improvement in speed. This can be a marginally difficult process, so ask your local computer nerd for any recommendations. Generally, the moving of the data is the most difficult part, and swapping the physical drives is no more difficult than upgrading the RAM would be.
A person who can come over and do the process for you will almost always be more helpful than a stranger on reddit. (Especially since said person/friend can see and touch the laptop, here on reddit we only have this forum-text stuff to go by ;)
*Note: The links given are for reference only. I do not endorse any of the brands, and I'm almost certain that you can find better deals and/or higher quality products out there if you search around.
That sounds cheap for an upgrade, but you'll be throwing that money away when you inevitably upgrade from that 320 GB to a larger drive. Beyond the cost, it's not that easy to transfer your data from one drive to another; you'd need an external enclosure to attach the new drive via USB, which is likely going to be an additional cost on top of the $25.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AUH3L04
You're looking at $50 for a 1 TB HDD versus paying $25 extra and then maybe another $20 or so on top of that for the enclosure when you're ready to switch it out. To be fair, I should note that the option to just redownload everything does exist, so you can do without the external enclosure, but PlayStation download speeds and install times aren't the best, and YMMV based upon your own network speeds. You may also need to subscribe to PS Plus to preserve your save data as some are locked out unless you do the system backup or upload to the cloud. I just believe it's more practical and cost effect to do it now.
I had problems with my HDD as well (early 2011 13 inch macbook pro) and I took it to the apple store. I have applecare so they replaced it for free. This is very similar to the hard drive they installed.
yeah cute and all but
http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-5400RPM-SATA3-Notebook-MQ01ABD100/dp/B00AUH3L04/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1457980797&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=1TB+HDD+2.5%22
the cost doesn't outweigh the cuteness for me.
Oh right, duh.. I totally didn't see that it was 3.5
This one is good then, yeah? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AUH3L04/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_vcIqxbXNH4546