Question about buying used older 2.5" HDD's

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Shaman
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Question about buying used older 2.5" HDD's

Post by Shaman » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:41 pm

I'm looking for a super cheap and small capacity hard drive for an older system, and a used 40-60GB 2.5" 5400rpm SATA I drive seems ideal for this. Will pretty much any previous generation 5400rpm laptop drive I end up getting be considered quiet by SPCR standards, as long as it's soft mounted? Or is there any particular brand that a few years ago should be avoided? I have zero experience with 2.5" drives, so I'm not sure what to expect.

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Re: Question about buying used older 2.5" HDD's

Post by ces » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:51 pm


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Re: Question about buying used older 2.5" HDD's

Post by Shaman » Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:20 am

Yeah, I started there but the only recommended 2.5" hard drives are newer 500GB models. And on the linked article at the top Is the Silent PC Future 2.5-inches wide? the best rated 2.5" drives noise wise are 4200rpm. :?

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Re: Question about buying used older 2.5" HDD's

Post by Shaman » Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:41 am

Ok, I used the Internet Archive to see what the recommended 5400rpm drives were 4 years ago. This point in time seems to be a good place to start. :)

http://replay.waybackmachine.org/200704 ... page2.html

Will try and find one of those drives for sale.

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Re: Question about buying used older 2.5" HDD's

Post by ces » Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:50 am

Shaman wrote:Ok, I used the Internet Archive to see what the recommended 5400rpm drives were 4 years ago. This point in time seems to be a good place to start. :)

http://replay.waybackmachine.org/200704 ... page2.html

Will try and find one of those drives for sale.
Very smart problem solving on your part!

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