Best 40GB laptop hard drive?

[Techie333]

Newegg has lots of choices. What's the best manufacturer for 5400rpm 40gb hard drive? Thanks!

 

[pdo]

Toshiba with 16MB cache?

 

[unfalliblekrutch]

the cheapest one?

 

[simms]

seagate
or the hitachi

check out laptoplogic.com for their review

 

[simms]

http://www.laptoplogic.com/reviews/detail.php?id=92

 

[MX2]

Samsung at NewEgg for $60-ish

 

[CptObvious]

I'm looking for one at the moment also. I think I'm going to go with the Samsung MP0402H for $70 shipped at ZZF and ChiefValue. I've had consistently bad experiences with IBM/Hitachi (this Hitachi I'm replacing is the 5th IBM/Hitachi that's gone bad on me).

 

[Crystallas]

Originally posted by: MX2times
Samsung at NewEgg for $60-ish

Damn good drives. Im partial to toshiba and now samsung drives. Hitachi drives are okay, but I dont recomend them for someone that is constantly on the go with their notebook.

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: simms
http://www.laptoplogic.com/reviews/detail.php?id=92

Why is this question still being asked, you go on newegg, you find the Toshiba HDD at the same if not lower price than other 40 GB hdd's and it has 8 MB of extra cache it's a simple choice, I picked the Toshiba 16 MB 40 GB 5400RPM a long time ago for my Thinkpad R50e, a while after that I saw laptoplogic's review and I knew I made the right choice.

 

[CptObvious]

Just an update, I installed my new Samsung HDD today and it rocks so far. I'm surprised how quiet it is and it seems much faster than my previous hard drive (Hitachi 40GB 5400RPM). The build quality also seems better (made in Korea vs. made in the Phillipines) :thumbsup:

 

[BuckNaked]

Originally posted by: The Linuxator

Originally posted by: simms
http://www.laptoplogic.com/reviews/detail.php?id=92

Why is this question still being asked, you go on newegg, you find the Toshiba HDD at the same if not lower price than other 40 GB hdd's and it has 8 MB of extra cache it's a simple choice, I picked the Toshiba 16 MB 40 GB 5400RPM a long time ago for my Thinkpad R50e, a while after that I saw laptoplogic's review and I knew I made the right choice.

If I am not mistaken, I think the 40GB Toshiba has 8MB of cache rather than the 16MB of the 100GB drive.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: simms
http://www.laptoplogic.com/reviews/detail.php?id=92

There is also a review of the Seagate 160GB 5400.3 drive, which includes the results from all the other drive tests as well.
http://www.laptoplogic.com/reviews/detail.php?id=104&part=glance

I really want to test out the new Samsung's & WD 120GB (to see if WD improved their WD800VE, that thing SUCKED) but I'm so swamped its not funny. I think we're just going to arrange a new HDD test bed with SATA to test those puppies out, my T42 is getting a little antiquated....:Q

 

[chucky2]

The 16MB cache ones are:

100 GB - MK1032GAX
80 GB - MK8026GAX
60 GB - MK6026GAX
40 GB - MK4026GAX

Chuck

 

[addoraa]

Originally posted by: chucky2
The 16MB cache ones are:

100 GB - MK1032GAX
80 GB - MK8026GAX
60 GB - MK6026GAX
40 GB - MK4026GAX

to add another 16mb,
50 GB-MK5024GAY (7200rpm)