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Hi there :) Does anybody know wether a 7200rpm HDD is loud in a MacBook and wether it uses more power from the battery? Thanks and best Regards, optikfluffel
I use one and have installed about 50 Western Digital Scorpio Black 7200 rpm 320GB drives. I have never even noticed any sound. I have my MBP set to spin down the hard drive whenever possible in the energy saver prefs and have noticed no loss of battery power over a 5400 drive.
hey, i have an aluminum macbook unibody (A1278). just upgraded from the 320gb hdd from apple to a new 500gb seagate one. did everything according to the ifixit guide here, 500 GB 7200 RPM 2.5" Hard Drive. i can tell you it is loud as $^^* and i’m a little annoyed. by comparison the 320 was barely noticeable. the new drive takes longer to spin up and spin down, too, so putting it to sleep isn’t quite as snappy as it was. PLUS if i hold the laptop at an angle, the hdd whines… the old drive never did this. i can only conclude that 7200 isn’t suited to laptops. maybe i should have researched that first. anyway, i’m looking for ways to minimize it and next time, i’ll probably go straight to SSD.
I think Apple has a software that takes care of the noisy Hdd. At least I’m sure they have it for some Desktop models. I don’t know for the Mac Book. Give it a try. Jorge
