TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100 1TB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5″ Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive Toshiba

★★★★★ Pros: Works exactly as expected, tremendous value for the buck. Only took ten minutes to install in HP-dv-7 lap top. Cons: The physical install was quick & easy. Overall Review: TIP: POP for the Windows 8 upgrades rather than installing earlier versions. My Windows 7 systems restore w/ updates took five hours. I've done this before using an old dated system disc w/ an on line $40. Update available from the MS website & did the entire transition in less than two hours. The physical install is the easy part.

★★★★★ Pros: as mentioned in the title, its quiet and fast. Installed in my MacBook Pro along with an SSD. Read and write speeds seem fast, and the price seems fair. I actually have two of these, one which came out of a Toshiba Canvio 3.0 portable hard drive I bought from my local store with Mart in the name. Exact same hard drive, but it was actually only 53.97 there and you get a USB 3.0 enclosure. Cons: None found so far. Overall Review: A note on other reviews made on this item: How can you write a review (even if its a positive one) on a product that you don't own or have never even seen? I don't know what the other guys problem was, but both of mine show a 499.76GB drive capacity, which is close enough to 500 for me.

★★★★☆ Pros: Got this to replace my Toshiba 320gb hard drive since it went bad after 4 years and its been solid replacement. The ps3 slim had no trouble recognizing the hard drive. Make sure that you have the latest firmware update on a flash drive or external hard drive that's FAT32 since you will need it when the ps3 is formatting your new hard drive. You can get the latest firmware from www.playstation.com With the 500gb hard drive after formatting I got 412gb/500gb to work with. Cons: None so far