5400RPM and 7200RPM

[stuck4life]

Is there a BIG noticible difference between the two?

 

[TonyB]

yup

 

[bacillus]

quicker bootup & seek times with the 7200rpm hdd!

 

[TonyB]

5400RPM vs 7200RPM = great difference
5400RPM vs 10000RPM = greater difference
5400RPM vs 15000RPM = even greater difference

 

[KevDODOUBLEG]

YES...and don't even think about doing video editing on a 5400rpm drive...you will drop frames like mad!

 

[butch84]

It also depends on the density of the data on the hd platter. take ibm hard disks for example. The 75GXP and 60GXP are both 7200 rpm drives, but the 60GXP can sustain a higher transfer rate. This is because its data desity is higher at 20gb per platter instead of 15. In general, older 7200rpm drives will have a lower density to achieve such speeds. The new 15,000rpm scuzzi (how do you spell it?) drives have a lower density to reach 15,000, hence the limitation of 18gb in size(for now). As they mature, hard drives generally get an increase in data density and thus a performance boost even at the same rpms.

Sorry if this is too jumbled to be of any use. Just pointin out there is more at work than just rpms.

PS: Higher drive speeds do tend to yeild a definate improvement in seek time though.

 

[GoSharks]

the new seagate x15-36lp is up to 36 gigs capacity now.. and yes, they do have less platter density, but the high spin rate makes up for that, beats every other drive out there on the market, high density or not

 

[crisscross]

sure is. I have a 7200RPM Maxtor on a PII350 with 128MB RAM and my uncle has a 5400RPM Seagate with a PIII667 and 192MB RAM and mine actually boots up faster! (both run Win2k)

 

[stuck4life]

thanks everyone

btw butch, SCSI = "scuzzi"