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Originally Posted by saturn_frak
I'm new here,
after I read all the thread I've decided to buy a PATA caddy (so it won't consume 1w more) and an IDE hdd that i saw here a link to review of it (Samsung HM160HC) but I'll buy the HM121HC - I saw it's the most power efficient and the best performer for PATA.
Please correct me if I'm wrong
Also I'd like to know whether someone here using the PATA caddy?
Is there really difference in the battery life time between PATA and SATA caddys?
And what is the temperatures of the PATA hdd in PATA caddy in different working situations (idle, benchmarking etc.)?
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Personally if you can afford it and do not need to carry a lot of files all the time get an Indilinx SSD. You won't believe the improvement in boot/shutdown and other program launch scenarios. 60GB is enough for me and I have full access to my movies and music over a 4965AGN mini PCI card. Even with the caddy I'm getting up to 6+ hours on my 2510p on a 6 cell battery. As I type this I'm getting -6.7 watt or 8:06 h:m. My 2510p also runs quieter and cooler. With my old 80gb 1.8 hdd the fan would turn on after a few minutes of use and would get very hot. Now I can't recall it getting hot anymore. This is using a SATA caddy and a 60gb ocz vertex drive which I got for less than $170 after rebates. A few weeks later I purchased an OCZ Agility 60GB for even less. Hopefully the deals come back around Thanksgiving and I'll pick one more up for my desktop.