Internal 2.5 Sata HD replacement for MBP

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Hi there,

Have a mid 2009 Macbook Pro unibody Model, the 320 GB HD is restrictive in size and at 5200 speed is probably a little slow in speed.

After visiting the Apple store today to replace the battery, I have upgraded the memory to 8gb care of crucial and at a mere £35 thank again for the tip apple genius, and talking to the genius he said replacing the internal drive is fairly easy. Just want to know what drive is the best for this? Speed and space obviously the key requirements.

Anyone got any tips?

I was looking at this one http://www.scan.co.uk/products/750g...ck-25-95-mm-sata-3gb-s-7200rpm-16mb-cache-4ms

but I'm not really sure what ones will work with a macbook pro.

Cheers

Paul
 
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I bought a drive similar to this not too long ago: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Scorpio-7200rpm-Internal/dp/B004I9J5OG/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1325536992&sr=8-9

Unfortunately Hard Drive prices have rocketed since the Thailand flooding. It's not an ideal time to buy as prices are high due to shortages. Personally, I would wait a few months before buying. When I bought my HD it was around £60 for a similar thing.

Otherwise, go with the largest 7200RPM drive you can find, or a large 5200RPM drive if price is an issue.
 
someguy201 said:
I bought a drive similar to this not too long ago: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Scorpio-7200rpm-Internal/dp/B004I9J5OG/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1325536992&sr=8-9

Unfortunately Hard Drive prices have rocketed since the Thailand flooding. It's not an ideal time to buy as prices are high due to shortages. Personally, I would wait a few months before buying. When I bought my HD it was around £60 for a similar thing.

Otherwise, go with the largest 7200RPM drive you can find, or a large 5200RPM drive if price is an issue.
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Thanks for that, yes realised that hd prices are high, but I was gonna flog my current lappy and get a newer model, I don't really need to do this hence the cheap men upgrade, batt and now HD so saving money by not buying the newer model. Money for this isn't really too much of an issue and I can live with what seems to be a £50 - 70 premium due to the flooding :)
 
If you really want to breathe life into a mbp a couple of years old, you can stick an ssd in as a boot drive and fit a big storage drive in place of the DVD drive. I rarely use my DVD drive so this is what I did with a 60gb ocz vertex ssd and 500gb 7200rpm Scorpio black fitted to a £15 eBay adapter. Speed is blistering! Fitting it all up was a doddle too. USB DVD drive does the trick when I need it.

If that sounds a bit complicated or you use the DVD drive regularly, a 7200rpm western digital scorpio black is a good alternative.
 
mid_gen said:
If you're going to change the drive, at least make sure it's to a 7200rpm drive.

Might be worth looking at a hybrid SSD/HDD like this if you can stretch that far:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Momentus-ST95005620AS-7200rpm-Internal/dp/B003V6AIWU
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I use that very drive in a 15" mid-2009 MBP and it seems to work very well. I remember noticing a performance improvement when I got it, and don't have any complaints now (though there isn't the same snappiness you get from a pure SSD).
 
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