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Latest Internal hard drives

Seagate Momentus XT 500GB
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB
Internal hard drives

The Momentus XT works surprisingly well, but its performance benefits will only apply in certain circumstances and it's expensive too.

£103 inc VAT
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB review
Internal hard drives

Although it's not flawless, the 1TB SpinPoint F3's generally fast performance and low price make it a great value hard disk.

£47 inc VAT
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 64GB Front
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 64GB review
Internal hard drives

The 64GB V+'s consistently quick performance and reasonable price make it a good value SSD and perfect as a boot drive.

£125 inc VAT
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB review
Internal hard drives

Relatively slow small files performance counts against the Caviar Blue 1TB, leaving little reason to buy it unless you don't care about this or can find it cheaper.

£54 inc VAT
Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB
Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB review
Internal hard drives

The Barracuda LP's high price and disappointing performance means we can't recommend it.

£137 inc VAT
Crucial 128GB RealSSD C300 2.5in with Data Transfer Kit
Crucial 128GB RealSSD C300 2.5in with Data Transfer Kit review
Internal hard drives

The C300 is an incredibly fast SSD, but it's also expensive.

£254 inc VAT
Samsung SpinPoint EcoGreen F3 2TB
Samsung SpinPoint EcoGreen F3 2TB review
Internal hard drives

Generally fast performance and lots of storage at a reasonable price makes the F3 2TB a great value hard disk.

£90 inc VAT
OCZ Vertex 2 120GB
OCZ Vertex 2 120GB review
Internal hard drives

It's incredibly fast at writing files, but slow read performance and a high price heavily detract from it.

£255 inc VAT
Kingston SSDNow V+ 128GB
Kingston SSDNow V+ 128GB review
Internal hard drives

Kingston's latest SSD is fast and comes with everything you need, but its comparatively low capacity and high price make it a poor choice for most laptop owners.

£254 inc VAT
Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB review
Internal hard drives

Given the problems that we had in testing, we recommend holding off on SATA 600 for the time being.

£230 inc VAT