http://forum.lowyat.net/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:12:54 +0800 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1646617 I&#39;m looking for the an overall best 500GB notebook HDD. The problem is I can&#39;t seem to find a clear winner, so I&#39;d like to have opinions from you guys. (p/s: Just HDD, not hybrid or SSD)<br /><br />So far from benchmark from tomshardware <a href='http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-2.5-mobile-hard-drive-charts/benchmarks,53.html' target='_blank'>here</a>, the best HDD in terms of max and avg read/write throughput is the hitachi Travelstar 7K320, but came second in write access time and third in read access time. Still seems good.<br /><br />However when it comes to PCMark Vantage tests, Scorpio Black won most; even against Seagate Momentus XT. <!--emo&:blink:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br /><br />Question is, which tests would serve as a better points for me to pick on a drive? The PCMark Vantage which is more towards real life condition test to me, or the avg read/write throughput?<br /><br />Also, since I&#39;m moving from Seagate Momentus 5400.6, how much would and increase of ~0.5 Watt affect me anyway? 10 min battery life?<br /><br />Thanks in advance to all. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> Agnaem Hardware Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:51:07 +0800