Suggest good and proven HDD for t400?

Hi All,
Need to upgrade my T400 and T61 HDD. I want to have 7200 RPM 320GB. Is the upgrade quite noticeable, I mean the speed and performance? What can you recommend that is already tried and tested?
Thank you.
Message Edited by taxx007 on 04-08-2009 11:45 AM

firaX wrote:
I tested the Hitachi 7k320 and Seagate 7200.3 320gb 7200rpm hdds. The noise and vibration on the right palmrest were too annoying for me.
Interesting. I'm running a Hitachi 320G 7200RPM drive in my T400 with no detectable vibration. On my T61, a Seagate 200G 7200RPM drive vibrated like crazy - tried two of them - but a Hitachi 200G drive was pretty close to vibration free.
I'm quite happy with the Hitachi in the T400. It is fast, quiet, and cool. YMMV.
I wonder if the reported manufacturing changes in the T-series keyboards and top bezels could explain the difference?
Z.
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