WD Scorpio Black 7200rpm - Are there others?

Compman55

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When refurbishing laptops that have had their HDDs removed, I prefer to buy used 500GB WD Black Scoripos. The 7200RPM 16MB cache and whatever under the hood magic makes these mechanical drives very good for not being SSD;s.

What other brands have good 7200RPM mobile drives?
 

Compman55

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What I meant is, as fast as the scorpio black. I was a die hard fan of the hitachi travelstar 7200 rpm drives and left them behind kicking and screaming once I got my hands on a few scorpios.
 

Compman55

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What I meant is, as fast as the scorpio black. I was a die hard fan of the hitachi travelstar 7200 rpm drives and left them behind kicking and screaming once I got my hands on a few scorpios.
 

Compman55

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What I meant is, as fast as the scorpio black. I was a die hard fan of the hitachi travelstar 7200 rpm drives and left them behind kicking and screaming once I got my hands on a few scorpios.
 

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Hitachi made 7200rpm 2.5" drives for laptops as well. I believe the largest size was 1TB.