I have this install in an older Dell laptop I use for digital painting. This drive has done very well so far. Not much to say here - just what appears to be a basic - very sound drive.
Follow up: This drive has been - as expected - reliable if a tad sluggish. If you want to add some grunt to an older laptop - this drive will not do it. But if you are not in need of a speed increase - this is reliable. Below is some comparisons for people upgrading older systems.
I have a D620atg has the Kingston SSDnow, and a D620 has a HGST Travelstar 7200rpm sata3, and finally - a D820 has a Kingrich SSD sata2 (I use an after market media bay drive and put a 5400rpm sata2 drive in it - so the Kingrich has the OSs - one Windows, one Linux and all files are saved to the WD Blue 320. I also have an alt Linux distro and Windows set up on this drive and can boot to it as opposed to the OSs on the Kingrich - via bootgrub).
The Kingston is the fastest upgrade. Next up is the Kingrich 32gig SSD sata2 (which is dirt cheap) was a notch below (no surprise). The HGST HDD is a mild surprise. It replaced a 7200 sata1 drive and the difference was pretty amazing. It also seems not too far behind the Kingrich. Plus the 500gigs of space at a good price - makes it an excellent upgrade option for older systems. Note: The extra speed of the HGST comes at a cost. I manually set the cooling fan to high, and keep the laptop on a cooling pad as much as possible. The Dell D620 id fairly small and doesn't discipate heat all that well. So if you go with a 7200rpm drive - use an after market software - like I8kfanGUI, to manually crank up the internal fan and expect the laptop to get a bit warm compared to using a more modest 5400rpm drive.
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| Customer Rating | (1206) | (37) | (399) | (1) | (2513) | (2780) |
| Price | $6.41 | $45.00 | $12.94 | $6.67 | $18.44 | $12.70 |
| Sold By | T88Electronics | Upgrade Bay Store | Ataman Trading | T88Electronics | Ataman Trading | Zephyr USA |
| Cache Memory Installed Size | 8 | 8.0 MB | 8.0 | 8 MB | 32 | 8.0 |
| Digital Storage Capacity | 320 GB | 320 GB | 320.0 GB | 40 GB | 500 GB | 320 GB |
| Hard Disk Rotational Speed | 5400 rpm | 5400.0 rpm | 5400.0 rpm | 5400.0 rpm | 7200 rpm | 5400.0 rpm |
| Hard Disk Size | 320 GB | 320 GB | 320 GB | 40.00 GB | 500 GB | 320.00 GB |
| Hard Disk Form Factor | 2.50 inches | 2.50 inches | 2.50 inches | 2.50 inches | 2.50 inches | 2.50 inches |
| Hardware Interface | SATA 3.0 Gb/s | SATA 3.0 Gb/s | SATA 3.0 Gb/s | ATA | SATA 6.0 Gb/s | SATA 3.0 Gb/s |
| Item Dimensions | 0.37 x 2.75 x 3.94 inches | — | 2.75 x 3.94 x 0.37 inches | 2.76 x 3.94 x 0.37 inches | 3.96 x 2.8 x 0.3 inches | 3.94 x 2.75 x 0.37 inches |
| Item Weight | 3.52 ounces | — | 3.84 ounces | 0.01 ounces | 3.36 ounces | 3.46 ounces |
| Size | 320 GB | 3.5 inch | 320 GB | 40 GB | 500 GB | 320GB |
Top reviews from other countries
Nobby
Internal HDD without the mystique
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 6, 2013ganta
so far so good, but had to clone os from old hdd via acronis bootable cd
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 7, 2013Daniel Jenkins
Perfect for expanding PS3 storage
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 2, 2013Russell Platten
Great HDD for the money. I upgraded the new slim PS3 12gb.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 24, 2012
