Will this drive have improved performance over this one, hitachi hts727575a9e364, it's a 750 GB 7200RPM 16MB cache, SATA 3.0 Gb/s? Help please!
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Yes this drive is much faster. The hitachi is limited by the SATA II 3.0 Gb/s bandwidth plus the Seagate is a Hybrid drive adding 8gb of NAND flash SSD memory just for cache vastly improving boot times and app load times.
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I am not familiar with the hitachi products, but I absolutely LOVE the Seagate... For all my graphics, pictures and movies, it is above the bar! You wont be disappointed!
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First, I must say, I am No expert on computer hard drives. That being said, I believe the Seagate Desktop 1 TB Solid State Hybrid Drive should be significantly faster than the Hitachi hts727575a9e364 drive. There are several important differences between these two drives which, Will effect the performance of these drives... 1) The Hitachi Drive you are referring to is a 2.5" Laptop drive; The Seagate Desktop 1 TB Solid State Hybrid is a 3.5" Desktop Drive. I recommend you compare your Hitachi drive with the Seagate ST1000LM014 1TB Solid State Hybrid Drive SATA 6Gbps 64MB Cache 2.5-Inch Laptop drive (if this for a Laptop). 2) Cache Memory - The general rule of thumb here is: 'the more cache you have, the better your drive performs.' Hitachi: 16MB vs Seagate Solid State Hybrid: 64 MB 3)Interface: Hitachi: SATA 3.0GB/s v.s.: Seagate Solid State Hybrid: SATA 6 GB/s 4) The Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive includes 8GB NAND Flash Memory and utilizes Seagate flash management technology to deliver SSD-like performance. I definitely recommend buying the Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive over the Hitachi hts727575a9e364.
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Since I used a 1TB SATA drive, there is no reason the 250 GB drive should not work. Beware, your experience may be different than mine.
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For hard drives, mine arrived with Toshiba DT drives at 7200rpm. They work exceptionally well and are slightly faster in my tests than other drives at the same rating.
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I have not seen the actual specs, but it is slow , probably 5400rpm . This drive is good for back up, not immediate access time. That costs more , you know. DR
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Cache doesn't matter, only the size of the drive. The new needs to be exactly the same size or larger and if it is larger you need to do a resize within your OS if it is supported.
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I would recommend using one on Thecus's compatibility list: http://www.thecus.com/download/compatibility/hdd/N4520SERIES_N2800_N4800_N4800Eco_N5550_N4510U_N7510_HDD_SSD_list.pdf Also consider that Enterprise rated drives will last longer and potentially perform a bit faster, but might not be worth the price bump for just backups.
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I put in an SDD, then reformatted the drive that came preinstalled into a single partition (leaving the hidden partitions alone in case I need to restore later). After that, the drive shows up as 1.8TB, and it performs like a 5400RPM drive. That being said, I believe that in it's original configuration, it performed as an hybrid drive with 8GB of SSD, which greatly improved it's performance over a regular 5400RPM drive. Hope that helps some.
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Mine had a 200 gb 5400 rpm but I replaced it with a 1 tb 7200 for a great performance upgrade! R Smith
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Good if the connection is sata sata 3 speed will be fully optimized.I believe you will have a good performace with sata 3.gratefulHerbert
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If you are going to get a 2.5 drive, go with the 6.0mbps transfer rate!! or you will not get the full functionallity that comes with having the solid state portion of the drive. It requires you to be able to set the drive up as ACHI in the BIOS, or else it will just function like any other 3.0mbps hard drive. I have 3 Seagate 500 Hybrids in a raid with each drive partitioned in half. giving me a theoretical 6 drives at 250 gb per drive. I like having my games on their own partitions, for faster read times, and my startups are under 2 mins.
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Seagate 2TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST2000DM001) I have been using these hdds (8 of them) for about 2 months in it and have had no problems. Fast and quiet.
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I installed a WD 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0 3.5 in drive in my StarTech 3.5 in Superspeed HDD Enclosure and it works very well!!
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I bought these: Seagate Momentus 7200 750 GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 16 MB Cache 2.5 Inch Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive ST9750420ASThey're fast and work great so far after daily abuse with external Final Cut Pro, Aperture, Photoshop, and iTunes libraries. Connected via Thunderbolt it seems just as fast as an internal drive. At the time, earlier in 2013, these were the biggest, fastest drives available. There are bigger drives now with larger caches.
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Yes, no problem. I personally use a standard SATA drive through, I need the capacity. Works like a charm...
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It appears that the other hard drive has comparable specs. However it comes with a different firmware. Otherwise I think it is likely a matter of packaging and marketing.
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It will. There is also included software to use it as a cache. However, I would suggest getting a faster drive. This specific one is very small and therefore makes speed concessions as a trade-off for size.
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Yes, almost any sata 2, 2.5 will work, (the thicker ones may require you to check how thick you can go with in your model). I would suggest you go with a faster speed though, like 7200 or even 10000 rpm, as you will get better performance with the faster seek times compared to the 5400 rpm. Personally, on a laptop, I would fork out the extra cash for an ssd drive, as it is not only faster, but more reliable if you move the laptop around a lot.