New HDD for MacBook

Firstly I just want to say hello to everybody on apple discousion boards, it's my first post.
I would like to ask you for help. I have MacBook 2,2 Ghz Core Duo (late 2007), few days ago I installed 4 GB ram (I recommend it everyone who has this model works now wonderful). Now I'm looking for good HDD becouse this 120 GB are not enought.
I know that I must look for HDD that is quiet and works without taking much energy from battery. My question is how big HDD can I install in my MacBook and what you recommend?
Cheers

There is no limit to the maximum capacity you can install. The only thing you need to be concerned with is the physical height of the drive. It must be a 9mm drive. For the most part, just about all notebook drives currently in production are 9mm... but there are still a few out there that are thicker... just something to look out for... but not something you're likely to encounter. Be sure the drive is an SATA drive (not ATA or IDE). Other than that, the choice is yours. There is little difference in power consumption from manufacturer to manufacturer. Your other option is speed... either 7200 RPM or 5400 RPM. Generally, you can get a higher maximum capacity on a 5400 RPM drive. The performance and power consumption on both isn't different enough with modern drives to make too much of a difference.

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