Mac book pro hd upgrade

I am looking to upgrade the hard drive on my 2010 13" mac book pro any suggestions for good brands? Also about how much will this cost?

One thing you have to check before purchasing is the drive height. All these drives are generically called 2.5" Mobile HDDs and the width and depth are standard (70x100 mm). However, they can differ in height and this may be a problem in our low profile computers. My 15" MBP came with a Hitachi HTS727575A9E362 which has a height of 9.5 mm, but some other brands are 12.5 mm and may not fit.
Also note there are two drive speeds available, 5400 and 7200 RPM. The faster drives do give a noticeably better performance and are not that much more expensive. However, the largest capacity drives with 1 TB capacity, may not be available with the faster speed.
And if you have money to burn, there's always the Solid State Device (SSD) option, but they do not go all the way to 640GB or more yet.

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      Total Number of Cores:          2
      L2 Cache:          3 MB
      Memory:          4 GB
      Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
      Boot ROM Version:          MBP71.0039.B0E
      SMC Version (system):          1.62f7
      Serial Number (system):          censored
      Hardware UUID:          AE89EC15-B8F4-55F2-9FBA-62A37A8FA813
      Sudden Motion Sensor:
      State:          Enabled
    Current Installed Hard Drive:
    Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02:
      Capacity:          250.06 GB (250,059,350,016 bytes)
      Model:          Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02                
      Revision:          PB2AC60W
      Serial Number:          sensored
      Native Command Queuing:          Yes
      Queue Depth:          32
      Removable Media:          No
      Detachable Drive:          No
      BSD Name:          disk0
      Rotational Rate:          5400
      Medium Type:          Rotational
      Partition Map Type:          GPT (GUID Partition Table)
      S.M.A.R.T. status:          Verified
      Volumes:
    disk0s1:
      Capacity:          209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
      BSD Name:          disk0s1
      Content:          EFI
    Macintosh HD:
      Capacity:          249.2 GB (249,199,591,424 bytes)
      Available:          38.7 GB (38,704,214,016 bytes)
      Writable:          Yes
      File System:          Journaled HFS+
      BSD Name:          disk0s2
      Mount Point:          /
      Content:          Apple_HFS
      Volume UUID:          296EA13D-E7F5-3259-AA9E-E161D5DD5CF4
    Recovery HD:
      Capacity:          650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)
      BSD Name:          disk0s3
      Content:          Apple_Boot
      Volume UUID:          1ADA838F-6E89-33CD-A729-8CB397C1A130

    Also, I would point out, would these work with my computer?
    #1: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-EVO-Series-2-5-Inch-MZ-7TE250BW/dp/B00 E3W1726/ref=zg_bs_1292116011_1
    #2: http://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-Desktop-Hard-Drive/dp/B0088PUEPK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF 8&qid=1393290339&sr=8-1&keywords=easter+egg+xD
    #3: http://www.amazon.com/WD-Red-NAS-Hard-Drive/dp/B008JJLW4M/ref=zg_bs_1254762011_3
    #4: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Solid-Hybrid-2-5-Inch-ST1000LM014/dp/B00B99JUBQ/re f=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1393290731&sr=8-8&keywords=solid+state+drive
    #5: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005PWVEJ4/ref=twister_B008B5B97E
    And does all works with the external enclosure BobRz provided, to transfer my old data to new Hard drive?
    http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-2-5-Inch-Aluminum-Enclosure-EC-TB4P/dp/B005EIGUD4/ ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1393235049&sr=8-3&keywords=2.5+enclosure
    if not, what can?

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