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Nefir · 09-18-2003, 08:04 PM

My Fujitsu P2120's Crusoe CPU is pretty sluggish to begin with, but the true bottleneck is the 4200rpm Toshiba MK4018GAP hard drive.

I want to upgrade to a 5400rpm drive, but also want to avoid overheating and a substantial reduction in battery life.

One drive I'm liking so far is the IBM/Hitachi Travelstar 40gb 40GNX, with 8mb cache. Reviews I've seen have shown it to be quite nice, beating out a drive with 16mb cache, in several tests.

Anyone have other suggestions, or misc. comments about this matter?

09-18-2003, 08:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nefir Junkie Location: Louisville, KY	Laptop Hardware Upgrade - need suggestions! My Fujitsu P2120's Crusoe CPU is pretty sluggish to begin with, but the true bottleneck is the 4200rpm Toshiba MK4018GAP hard drive. I want to upgrade to a 5400rpm drive, but also want to avoid overheating and a substantial reduction in battery life. One drive I'm liking so far is the IBM/Hitachi Travelstar 40gb 40GNX, with 8mb cache. Reviews I've seen have shown it to be quite nice, beating out a drive with 16mb cache, in several tests. Anyone have other suggestions, or misc. comments about this matter?