Performance Per Watt And Performance Summary
Performance Summary
The performance summary was created using the throughput results, PCMark Vantage results, and I/O performance—throughput is weighted at 50%, the others at 25%. You can clearly see that Seagate’s new Momentus 7200.4 dominates the notebook drives thanks to its faster spindle speed. Apart from this drive, the differences are small. WD’s Scorpio Blue and the Momentus 5400.6 by Seagate are second and third, while the others follow closely. The Samsung HM500LI is out of competition, as it is still based on a three-platter design—the new two-platter HM500JI will be available soon.
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Give me a 2.5" Raptor and to hell with the battery!
2.5" Raptor drives are 15mm in depth and therefore are not suitable for notebooks which require 9.5mm or 12.5mm depth drives.
plus the raptors require active cooling and would soon suffer heat related faliure in the cramped confines of a laptop
plus the connections wont be the same as a normal 2,5" hdd.
You guys are telling me we can cram Core i7, 3 x mechanical hard disks, beefy GPU, yet we can't accomodate a Veloci Raptor?
I'm betting it could be done. Simple potential-divider network to get the +12v etc. But even underneath my M570RU, it seems like there is loads of space for something bigger, I can only imagine bigger notebooks might have even more, and if not, with a small case modification, who knows what might be possible?
I even considered taking on this project myself, but then, I just purchased an Intel X25-M 160GB, and as you know - that dropped straight in...
And the connections would be the same, 'cept for the missing 12v.