Toshiba or Seagate for replacement laptop drive?

[BCinSC]

HP ze5375 laptop with 40GB Toshiba drive that died a loud, horrible death. Can replace with a slightly faster (5400RPM v 4200) for $66 or spend an extra $8 for a Seagate with 16MB cache. Which would you go for?

 

[deathwalker]

go for the higher platter speed........

 

[BCinSC]

Same platter speed. Would extra cache make much difference (or be liability) and which is better for laptop drives: Toshiba or Seagate?

 

[shoRunner]

link to seagate with 16mb cache???

 

[BCinSC]

My mistake, it's the Seagate with 2MB cache
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/Prod...tail.aspx?sku=A0250658&l=en&c=us&cs=04

and the Toshiba with 16MB
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/Prod...tail.aspx?sku=A0398575&l=en&c=us&cs=04

 

[mwmorph]

2mb is barely adequate for cd burners. go for 16mb cache. you will thank yourself for it.

 

[BCinSC]

This is a laptop. CD-burner isn't even in the equation.

 

[mwmorph]

no im just saying, a when you buy a cdrw drive, most of the cheaper models have 2mb of cache. that is barely adequate. 8mb is pretty much the norm on most hdds. 16 mb is great. for such a minimum increase in price, get it.

 

[corkyg]

I just got a new laptop - H_ dv1000 series, and it came with a Seagate 5400 RPM 80GB Momentus drive. It's OK - but I just replaced it with a Toshiba 5400 RPM 80 GB drive (from NewEgg). The difference is the cache. Toshiba is 16 MB and Seagate is 8 MB. In actual prtactice, the Toshiba is quieter and performance is better. The Seagate is now a ready reserve backup drive.