SAMSUNG Spinpoint M5 HM160HC 160GB PATA/IDE 5400 RPM 8MB Buffer Mobile Hard Drive Bulk
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- 160 GB formatted capacity – 5400RPM
- 8MB cache – 12 ms average seek time
- 2.5-inch form factor – 9.5 mm drive height
- ATA S.M.A.R.T. Feature Set
- 5.6 ms Average latency
Notebook users can always use more storage space. This Samsung hard drive offers a 60 GB of capacity and fast UDMA/100 data transfers!
Laptop Hard Drive
SAMSUNG Spinpoint M5 HM160HC 160GB PATA/IDE 5400 RPM 8MB Buffer Mobile Hard Drive Bulk
List Price: $ 108.99
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Allegedly the fastest NB HDD out there.,
I actually bought this as a performance upgrade for my 5 year old Powerbook G4 12″. I looked into SSD PATA drives, but they are becoming increasing more scarce (=expensive) due to the move to SATA. I started hunting for 7200RPM drives when I stumbled on a review that said this is the fastest non-SSD notebook drive out there. I found it for $72 so I gave it a shot. The PB now boots in 41.0 seconds (including POST) vs 51.7 seconds with the old drive. Apps are a lot snappier too! But what is REALLY fast now is shutdown… I wish I had benchmarked that before the upgrade.
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Fast quiet replacement or upgrade for older machines,
I installed this drive in a Dell Inspiron 600m laptop and noticed a significant increase in speed and reduction in noise over the original Hitachi Travelstar. Thanks to the increase in capacity, (160 GB vs. 40 GB) I now have room for music and photo files. The price is reasonable and the installation was easy. The CMOS recognized the drive right away.
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HM160HC laptop hard drive,
Have purchased several of these 160GB hard drives and have never encountered a problem with any of them. This is a name brand quality product for the same price as lower capacity hard drives – bottom line is you get more GB’s per dollar spent.
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