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Name: Toshiba HDWL120XZSTA L200 2TB Internal Laptop Hard Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s, 128MB Cache, 2.5" 9.5mm - 2000GB Bare/OEM Drive
Item: Toshiba HDWL120XZSTA L200 2TB Internal Laptop Hard Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s, 128MB Cache, 2.5" 9.5mm - 2000GB Bare/OEM Drive
Rating: 4

October 22, 2022

Impressions from the purchase are good, buy.

I took it to replace the second disk in my laptop. I tested the Victoria surface. Graphically just a zebra. Even 20 year old wheels look much better. I think this is a consequence of the SMR recording method. When copying several files to it, larger than 3 GB, the recording speed drops from 80 Mbps to 5-10. In the task manager, you can see that the disk usage is 100%. I think that the write speed of the SMR disk itself is low, and when the 128 MB buffer does not pull out, the disk simply goes into a stupor. For video files, this is not so critical. When buying, in principle, I expected some problems, but unfortunately there is no alternative to 2TB, without SMR. This disc definitely does not pull 5 points, but it deserves 4. As the main one, I definitely would not buy it.

Pros

Quiet, cool (max 34°C), low consumption (max 1.65 W)

Cons

Unstable write speed.

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Kenji Viray Tsuchida ᠌

October 27, 2022

So far, the most positive ones: I put it inside the computer (mini-descotope) and forgot. There are no questions about noise and speed.

Ada Idziak ᠌

October 27, 2022

Some pros: After an inexpensive time of use, I can say that the hard drive works well, an acceptable read / write speed, the factory packaging is without damage. Different cons: A little noisy, but not critical.