T60 drive bay adapters and HDDs

I was wondering, are there manufacturers of internal hard drives that work better or worse with the t60 drive bay adapter than others? I heard sometimes people have trouble with hard drives being too noisy or unstable within the adapter.
Thanks in advance.
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not really, you may want to use a 5400 rpm rather than the 7200 rpm version.
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How the four screws work.
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