I just found an awesome laptop at a thrift store, but it's missing the battery and a hard drive.. with both, it'd be worth way over $250.. for only $80, in superb condition! I tested it with my friend's Vertex4 SSD and everything looks great.

However it only supports SATA-1 (made in 2007, I think). It's this model: http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bizsup ... eId=321957

So, SATA-1 would be too slow for any SSD out there, right? I'm thinking that Seagate Momentus XT 500GB would be the best choice, and they go for as low as $60 on Ebay. It's probably more reliable anyways than old SSD's - except for the Intel ones, which still run around expensive - and it's nice to have at least 500GB of room... heck, I've filled 500GB drives since 2006.

You answered your own question. Thanks for posting!


The 500GB Seagate Momentus has been on Newegg for $80 $70 recently as a hot deal.
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http://promotions.newegg.com/NEemail/Au ... ng.html?nm

Sucks that it just expired on Newegg, and is now $90... it actually performs on the same level as the 10000rpm 300GB Velociraptor overall, while having 200 more GB.