Recommendations on notebookdrives?

[imported_ceefka]

OK, I hope this is the right category to ask this question:

I want to upgrade the hdd in my Intel MacBook. It originally had a 60GB hdd. With a little Bootcamping and so on, this proves to be limited space. So far I have been looking at these drives, and I believe they are the right ones (S-ATA 150) leaning towards the Hitachi.

1. Fujitsu MHW2160BH 160 GB, 5400 Rpm, 8 MB, S-ATA/150 EUR 82,00 PMR!
   Hitachi Travelstar 5K160 160 GB, 5400 Rpm, 8 MB, S-ATA/150 EUR 90,00 PMR!
   Samsung HDD 2.5" SpinPoint M80 SATA 160 GB, 5400 Rpm, 8 MB, S-ATA/150 EUR 85,00 CQ!
   Seagate HDD 2.5" Momentus 5400.3 160 GB, 5400 Rpm, 8 MB, S-ATA/150 EUR 107,50
   WD Scorpio WD1600BEVS 160 GB, 5400 Rpm, 8 MB, S-ATA/150 EUR 99,00

The others look nice too. What I don't know e.g. is if the MacBook can do anything with a NCQ supporting SATA drive or if it even benefits from the perpendicular properties of the Hitachi and the Fujistu.

What I don't need is a drive consuming more energy than the one already in there.

So what do you think? Which one is king? Thank you in advance.

 

[TheStu]

well, the MacBook does support NCQ, or at least mine does, and mine is a rev 2 i think. I think you should grab a perpendicular recording one, since that clusters the data closer together, you might get a little bit faster read/write times. There is currently a Toshiba drive in my MacBook, and i personally have had good luck with both Seagate and Samsung in the past.

 

[dnuggett]

Personally I'm a fan of the Seagate Momentus line. I have a 100GB 7200 in my Macbook.