MacBook Pro :: Best 500GB 2.5" HDD Replacement

Jan 14, 2011

I'm looking to replace my stock 160gb 5400rpm drive with a 500gb drive 7200rpm. SSDs are just a bit too expensive at the moment. Looking around the Seagate Momentus XT seems to come top of all the reviews until you research a little more and find that there seem to have been loads of issues with them, esp on macs.

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Sep 17, 2009

I've got a new MBP 13" (2.26, running 10.6.1)I'm going to replace the internal with a Seagate Momentus 7200RPM drive. Any reason (heat based) to go with 320 vs. the 500GB? I do video and photos (hobby, not pro), so I'd like to stay with 7200RPM. Related question: I've read here and there issues w/replacing the internal drive -- that the computer is having trouble recognizing the drive. Is this a real issue, or is it fixed.

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Oct 24, 2010

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Jul 31, 2010

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Aug 28, 2010

Im looking to upgrade my stock 160GB harddrive in my uMBP and i wanted some feedback on which would be best. I have done some research and have decided on two different models a

WD Scorpio Blue:

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and Hitachi Travelstar 5k500 :

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Both drives are 500Gb and 5400rpm so i don't really know which to pick.

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Sep 1, 2010

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Upgrading my 13" MBP hard drive with OWC's kit.

Should I get a 1TB @ 5400RPM or 500GB @ 7200RPM?
I'm guessing 1TB.

Also, is it safe to do the 8GB RAM kit?


I deal with video and motion graphics.

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Oct 8, 2010

I bought a MBP13 with a 250 GB. I noticed that the HD is a Seagate 250 GB 5400 rpm.

So i thought I would upgrade it to a Seagate 500 Gb 5400 rpm(Momentus).

Now the noise is noticeable. Not much, but you can hear it.

Should a 500GB harddisk be more noisy than a 250 Gb? I thought it would be the same. The only difference I saw between the two harddisk is that the old HD had a Apple logo on it.

Otherwise its the same brand and model, just with a higher capacity.

If I had upgraded at apple would I have been rid of the noise or is this just something that follows along with the higher capacity?

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Nov 2, 2010

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Aug 15, 2009

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vs.

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It has a different number ST905003N3A1AS-RK I know RK means retail kit, but I just wanted to make sure it is the same drive before I go and buy it.

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Aug 23, 2009

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Oct 18, 2009

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Nov 2, 2009

I purchased a Seagate Momentus 2.5" Internal SATA 500 GB 7200 RPM hard drive. I put it into an external USB enclosure to clone my existing MacbookPro 160GB hard drive and then planned to swap them and install the new 500 GB HD. But when I plug in the external drive case, I do not see the Seagate drive mounted and cannot see it in Disk Utility either.

The external enclosure comes with a USB cable with two USB connectors to provide data transfer and power.
Any suggestions how I can mount this drive so I can clone the internal drive?

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May 28, 2010

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Jul 14, 2010

Like the title says, what are your guy's suggestions for 500GB Internal HDD?
I don't mind having 5,400 or 7,200rpm and the cache size (16MB would be enough for me).
I read from other people's posts that some HDDs have slower boot time, more power consumption, drive failure, not booting, etc etc.

What is the perfect internal HDD 500GB for Mac? The only one I know is WD Blue Scorpio [URL] but I don't know if it's available around where I live.I am planning to partition 400GB for Mac & 100GB for Windows XP.

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Aug 20, 2010

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Jun 12, 2012

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Jul 2, 2012

I am looking into getting a SSD but i am unsure if I want the same space as my 500GB hard drive. I am currently using only 35GB of space. I am thinking about only getting the 25GB instead of the 512GB and save about $200. I do have an external 1TB hard drive attached to my AEB to use as "cloud" when i am away from home. anyone skip on the same size or did they step down to the 256GB SSD insted? I also have a 16GB Flash drive and an iPad if that matters.

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I've used PCs for awhile, but lately I was toying with some of my computers info and found under the "About This Mac" my computer has 130 GB worth of "Backups". I have 18GB audio which I though was a lot, and 48 GB of movies, 22GB of photos, 27 GB of apps, and 74 GB of other. Overall I have 177 GB free out of 500 GB total. 

I want to clear my hard drive, what's a good way to do this? And why do I have so many "Backups"? What do these do? I use Time Machine--I don't know if that's relevant.

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Feb 15, 2009

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Oct 18, 2009

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Nov 25, 2010

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Jan 27, 2009

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Apr 1, 2009

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Jun 22, 2009

I know this comes up a lot but I couldn't find any recent ones that fitted my criteria. Basically I was just wondering what the fastest 500GB hard drive is for a 15inch MBP?? I've heard that the WD scorpio blue is pretty fast but I didn't know if it was THE fastest.

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Jul 18, 2009

I have recently installed a Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500GB drive in my 13" MacBook Pro and it makes a constant noise. The noise sounds like the fans are running louder than usual, but the noise clearly comes from the HDD and not the fans. So, I take it this is not normal, so what drive should I get? This is the second WD SB drive I've had and the first one was faulty as it vibrated a lot and you could feel it when resting your hand on the MacBook Pro. The current drive does not have that problem, but this noise is really annoying. What I want is a large capacity drive that is really quiet. The advantage of the WD is that it doesn't make the 'clunk' noies the stock HDD does when you move the MacBook Pro.

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Oct 10, 2009

Can anyone provide advice on whether i should get the 7200rpm drive? Is there a noticeable difference in boot time between each?

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Oct 13, 2009

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