Trying to Find A 500GB Notebook HDD
Simsbaby:
I love my laptop, it's shiny, the hard drive is getting kind of cramped though. I really don't want to have an external drive, and I can't put a second drive in as there is only one HD bay. There are two sizes I'm looking at right now, a 320GB 5400RPM or a 500GB 5400RPM. I would totally go for the 500GB, but I can't find them anywhere. From what I read they should already have been out months ago. They probably are at a few online shops, but my searchfu fails. Does anyone know where I could get one of these? It would be so awesome to have a drive that large, and then I should be able to comfortably dual boot XP and Vista.
jsalemi:
I don't see anything bigger than 320GB at newegg, and if they don't have it, it probably doesn't exist...
sloppyhousewife:
HGST (Hitachi Global Storage) has 500GB 2,5" HDDs (Travelstar 5K/5K500), but from what I've heard, they're 12mm high which means they probably won't fit in an average mobile HDD slot (as "normal" mobile HDDs are 9,5mm high).
Simsbaby:
Quote from: jsalemi on 2008 June 29, 20:23:35
I don't see anything bigger than 320GB at newegg, and if they don't have it, it probably doesn't exist...
Yeah, that's where I first looked months ago. I would love to get it from NewEgg, but they just don't have any. They do exist though, I managed to find a website in the UK that was selling them for somewhere around 45 pounds. They are also being sold in some new high end laptops, but I don't need a new laptop though.
Quote from: sloppyhousewife on 2008 June 29, 20:52:05
HGST (Hitachi Global Storage) has 500GB 2,5" HDDs (Travelstar 5K/5K500), but from what I've heard, they're 12mm high which means they probably won't fit in an average mobile HDD slot (as "normal" mobile HDDs are 9,5mm high).
That's what I'm worried about. The hard drive I already have is in there tightly, so I don't think a bigger one would really fit. I'm still trying to search though, but if I can't find any then I will just get a 320GB. Thanks. :)
sloppyhousewife:
Quote from: simsbaby on 2008 June 29, 22:12:26
Quote from: sloppyhousewife on 2008 June 29, 20:52:05
HGST (Hitachi Global Storage) has 500GB 2,5" HDDs (Travelstar 5K/5K500), but from what I've heard, they're 12mm high which means they probably won't fit in an average mobile HDD slot (as "normal" mobile HDDs are 9,5mm high).
That's what I'm worried about. The hard drive I already have is in there tightly, so I don't think a bigger one would really fit. I'm still trying to search though, but if I can't find any then I will just get a 320GB. Thanks. :)
Yep, unfortunately, the "too high for normal mobile cases" seems to be true - but Samsung also offers a 500GB mobile HDD (Spinpoint M6 HM500LI), which is only 9,5mm high.
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