80GB 2.5" PATA HDD ~$44 @ walmart.com

[VirtualLarry]

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Toshiba-80...Drive/22615301

Just the thing to get your old laptop with a PATA HDD up and running again!

Edit: Here's an enclosure for cheap.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sabrent-2.5-USB-IDE-HDD-Enclosure/9871219

 

[marvdmartian]

Sadly, that's almost half the price I paid for a 3.5" model, that I used to build my first computer, in 2001.

 

[Kaido]

Haha I thought this thread must have been spammer-bumped from 5 years ago

 

[jlee]

wat?

I paid $60 for a 120Gb SATA3 SSD the other day. Junk the laptop and get something newer.

 

[lopgok]

You can get a m2 ssd and a m2 to pata adapter.
Cheaper than most pata drives, and a whole lot faster, smaller, and less power.
When my old notebook pata drive goes, I will be doing this.

 

[Towermax]

You can get a m2 ssd and a m2 to pata adapter.
Cheaper than most pata drives, and a whole lot faster, smaller, and less power.
When my old notebook pata drive goes, I will be doing this.

Yes, I replaced a PATA drive on my old Dell D610 with an 80GB Intel mSATA SSD and an mSATA to PATA adapter.

Total cost was about $45.00, and there is a big speed improvement.

 

[C1]

It is interesting, but as replacement remember that the advertised drive is only 4200 rpm.

Might do better from Craigs List

 

[Kaido]

You can get a m2 ssd and a m2 to pata adapter.
Cheaper than most pata drives, and a whole lot faster, smaller, and less power.
When my old notebook pata drive goes, I will be doing this.

Does that actually work? Does it pass through power through?