Thoughts on hard drive replacements?

[christophermdia]

I am thinking about this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136545

now the question is so I fit the mini with 2 of them? or just 1 and keep my 500 that it came with? What would you guys recommend for placement? make the 1TB the main drive or vice versa if I keep the 500?

 

[xlii]

There is a newer version of that drive out from western digital that spins at 5400 rpm. I bought it and installed it last week from new egg. But now it is out of stock. You can find the specs at western digitals website.

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

There is a newer version of that drive out from western digital that spins at 5400 rpm. I bought it and installed it last week from new egg. But now it is out of stock. You can find the specs at western digitals website.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1191818/

This means probably higher storage density, and therefore higher transfer speeds. However, the 200 rpm difference is not very big.

 

[japtor]

The drive height on that one (12.5mm) may be an issue since I think the stock drive/parts are meant for 9.5mm high drives. I think Samsung recently released a 1TB 9.5mm high drive, not sure about any others.

edit- That WD above would be another one.

 

[xlii]

The drive height on that one (12.5mm) may be an issue since I think the stock drive/parts are meant for 9.5mm high drives. I think Samsung recently released a 1TB 9.5mm high drive, not sure about any others.

edit- That WD above would be another one.

The new one I bought is the one that has 2 platters and is 9.5 mm tall.