Seagate Momentus 7200 320 GB 7200 RPM SATA 2.5-Inch Hard Drive ST9320423AS

Comment: I got this drive to upgrade my 60gb PS3. It was very easy to install and it has been working in great condition for the last three days. Very quiet and fast not counting the space. The difference between 7200 rpm and 5400 it's not monumental but more speed can't hurt. My personal experience with both WD and Seagate has been nothing less than excellent but looking at other reviews makes me think that is just luck. I will update my review if i have any problems with the drive in the upcoming months. For the price you can't go wrong WD or Seagate will do the job.

Comment: I was hesitated to buy this drive but there have been a lot of positive feedback at Newegg lately. Thus I gave myself a try, especially with the recent cheap price + free shipping. I should have paid attention to all the negative reviews here at Amazon.

Noisy: Bought it 2 weeks ago; installed it on Aug 19, 2010 to replace my 40GB Seagate Momentus 5400 RPM on one of my laptops. The drive is noisy to me; perhap I use it in my quiet home office, no TV, no one but myself. When I put my old drive back, the room suddenly becomes quiet. Don't understand why it is noisy; both drives are the same type "Momentus"; the differences are the RPM and the capacity.

Vibration: It vibrates a lot. I don't feel comfortable with my hands on the keyboard because of this vibration. But I feel nothing with my old 40GB Seagate drive.

Hot and a lot of heat: Temperature rises quickly. Watching video or browsing around for a while, the drive temperature rises very fast compared to my old drive. I am afraid that its life expectancy will be shorter due to the high temperature all time - it is easily to reach the max too.

Comment: Nothing much to say... After 10 months of normal use in laptop, the drive is dead. This is the only drive that stopped without any warning. Make sure you have backups.

Comment: Everything worked as advertized. Having upgraded a few laptop drives in the past, I pretty much knew what to expect. This drive is working flawlessly after a few weeks. It is as quiet as the drive that came with my laptop (Lenovo T400), and is twice the size and 50% faster than the old one. There is a very noticeable increase in performance and I have plenty of room to expand.

Comment: So i've had 2 of these now, 1 in a new laptop one as a bare system. Ironically both these drives exceeded the smart recommending temp during ideal and threw the error while under heavy use. Both these drives died within 30 days! Way to go seagate, I'm done buying from them. You should be too!