Find The Right Internal Hard Drives

Patriot Warp V.2 (128GB)

The inexpensive price of the Patriot Warp V.2 helps it stand out among solid-state hard drives, but its performance shows few significant benefits over normal hard disks. You'd be better off buying a fast 7,200rpm laptop hard drive or selling your firstborn to invest in the Intel X-25M SSD.

Specs: 128 GB, Serial ATA-300, 2.5"

Intel X-25M solid-state drive (80GB)

Intel's X-25M solid-state hard drive enjoys several advantages over both spinning disk drives as well as other SSDs, including improvements to data throughput, boot time, and laptop battery life. Its one drawback is that it's pricier than even its other solid-state competition, but if you can forget about its cost, this is by far the fastest data drive available.

Specs: 80 GB, Serial ATA-300, 2.5"

Maxtor Ultra Hard Drive Kit - hard drive - 200 GB - ATA-133

The Maxtor Ultra 7200 series 200GB internal hard drive upgrade offers speedy, expansive storage for gaming and digital audio and video, but it comes at a cost.

Specs: 200 GB, ATA-133, Internal, 3.5", 8 MB, 9.4 ms, 7200 rpm

Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 250 GB hard drive

It isn't cheap, but Western Digital's Caviar Special Edition 250GB is the complete kit, with loads of capacity, excellent performance, and sterling service and support.

Specs: 250 GB, DMA/ATA-133 (Ultra) Fast Drives, Internal, 3.5" x 1/3H, 8 MB, 8.9 ms, 7200 rpm

Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 80GB DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) internal

The Barracuda ATA IV is an exceptionally quiet, large-capacity hard drive at a nice price, but it's too slow. Choose it for ambience, not speed.

Specs: 80 GB, ATA-100, Internal, 3.5" x 1/3H, 2 MB, 9.5 ms, 7200 rpm

IBM Deskstar 120GXP 120GB DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) EIDE

With speed and space galore, the IBM is an excellent way to spend your high-capacity, high-performance disk dollars.

Specs: 120 GB, ATA-100, Internal, 3.5" x 1/3H, 2 MB, 8.5 ms, 7200 rpm

Maxtor DiamondMax D540X (160GB, ATA-133)

The D540X is the highest-capacity hard drive on the market today, but the 7,200rpm competition is faster.

Specs: 160 GB, ATA-133, Internal, 3.5" x 1/3H, 2 MB, 12 ms, 5400 rpm

Western Digital Caviar SE EIDE 120 GB Hard Drive

This high-volume drive offers outstanding sustained throughput and Western Digital's reputation for excellence and reliability.

Specs: 120 GB, ATA-100, Internal, 3.5" x 1/3H, 8 MB, 8.9 ms, 7200 rpm

IBM Deskstar 75GXP 75 GB DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra)

The fastest high-capacity, internal hard drive we've tested to date. If top performance is the object of your desire, the 75GXP is well worth the slight premium.

Specs: 75 GB, ATA-100, Internal, 3.5" x 1/3H, 2 MB, 8.5 ms, 7200 rpm

Maxtor DiamondMax 80 (80GB; Ultra ATA/100)

If you require massive amounts of storage, this drive is a good choice.

Specs: 80 GB, ATA-100, Internal, 3.5" x 1/3H, 2 MB, 9 ms, 5400 rpm

Western Digital Caviar WD600AB (60GB; Ultra ATA/100)

The Caviar WD600AB is a good balance of capacity, performance, and price.

Specs: 60 GB, ATA-100, Internal, 3.5" x 1/3H, 2 MB, 9.5 ms, 5400 rpm

Compaq hard drive - 4.3 GB - Ultra Wide SCSI

Specs: 4.3 GB, Ultra Wide SCSI, 12 ms, 7200 rpm

Compaq hard drive - 18.2 GB - Ultra Wide SCSI

Specs: 18.2 GB, Ultra Wide SCSI, Internal, 3.5" x 1/3H, 1 MB, 7.5 ms, 7200 rpm

Lenovo 40GB Hard Drive (7200rpm, ATA-150)

Specs: 40 GB, Serial ATA-150, 3.5" x 1/3H, 2 MB, 9 ms, 7200 rpm

Seagate Medalist 2140 - hard drive - 2.11 GB - EIDE/ATA-2

Specs: 2.11 GB, EIDE/ATA-2, Internal, 3.5" x 1/3H, 256 KB, 10 ms, 5400 rpm

Compaq hard drive - 18.2 GB - Ultra2 Wide SCSI

Specs: 18.2 GB, Ultra2 Wide SCSI, Plug-in module, 3.5" x 1/3H, 7 ms, 7200 rpm

Compaq hard drive - 9.1 GB - Ultra Wide SCSI

Specs: 9.1 GB, Ultra Wide SCSI, Internal, 3.5" x 1/2H, 512 KB, 7.9 ms, 7200 rpm

2.00GB EASYBUNDLE FOR LTE ELITE 4/40C 4/40CX 4/50CX

Specs: 2.1 GB, EIDE, Internal, 128 KB, 13 ms, 4200 rpm

HP hard drive - 9.1 GB - Ultra Wide SCSI

Specs: 9.1 GB, Ultra Wide SCSI, Internal, 3.5" x 1/2H, 7200 rpm

IBM Ultrastar 9ZX - hard drive - 9.1 GB - Ultra Wide SCSI

Specs: 9.1 GB, Ultra Wide SCSI, Internal, 3.5" x 1/2H, 1 MB, 6.3 ms