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October 25th, 2011 16:00

SAS is serial attached SCSI - not SATA, so no - those won't work.

While the SATA version has the right interface, it's 15 mm high  - so it won't even fit in your notebook.   The Constellation drives are not designed for notebooks. They're server drives - as such they're not power-optimized (they draw about three times as much power as a notebook 7200 rpm drive, so they'll run a heck of a lot hotter, for one), they're noisier, and they're not designed for start-stop operation - they're designed for 24/7 no-spin down operation.  In other words, they're completely unsuited for notebook use.

The drives for notebook use are the Momentus 7200.4 - they're more designed for the shock, start-stop and power/heat requirements of a notebook.

9 Legend

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October 25th, 2011 16:00

If both are 2.5" SATA either should do.

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October 26th, 2011 08:00

Thank you! I was also afraid about the fitting into the laptop, I didn't find anything regarding the maximum high of a hdd for my laptop.

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October 26th, 2011 10:00

9.5 mm is as high as the system will take.

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