7200 RPM vs 10k RPM

[etalns]

I'm trying to choose between the following hard drives:

250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ 8MB Cache
150GB Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 10,000 RPM w/ NCQ & 16MB Cache

In terms of gaming performance, would the 150 gb 10k RPM one have a noticable difference?

Any help is appreciated! 🙂

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: Qosis
I'm trying to choose between the following hard drives:

250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ 8MB Cache
150GB Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 10,000 RPM w/ NCQ & 16MB Cache

In terms of gaming performance, would the 150 gb 10k RPM one have a noticable difference?

Any help is appreciated! 🙂

Please define "noticeable difference".

 

[Pabster]

Yes. I'd say about 5-8 seconds. 😛

 

[Twsmit]

Gaming, no performance differences, but load times will be slightly lower which can help for some games, but others, like single player games three seconds isnt much.

 

[Icepick]

The 10k RPM drive will make the game load very slightly faster. I would opt for the larger storage space over the few seconds that will be shaved off the loading of games.

The faster hard drive gives no in-game performance boost.