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Hard disk: 5400 vs 7200?

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DaviDaVinci

Golden Member
Is there any noticeable performance difference? When i run applications and games, will I notice a difference? Any articles out there on this? Thanks.
Davi
 
Faster spindle speeds will reduce load times to an extent. With the way things are priced, go for 7200rpm.
 
they're not gonna run faster once they load into memory...

and the loading times of 7200 vs., 5400 isn't gonna be hugely tremendously granted the drives are otherwise equal in all respects...

but given the price difference, u might as well go 7200, unless u need the absolute quietest and coolest running hdd...or need that extra 5 bucks for mickey d's combo for dinner...
 
Will you see higher FPS in quake? Of course not. Will it load faster? Yes.

A system with a 7200 RPM drive running the OS + apps will be noticeably more responsive than a 5400 RPM drive.

Viper GTS
 
A faster harddrive is the best way to get extra performance out of the system. It is the biggest bottleneck in systems currently, it runs thousands of times slower than the other components in your system. It won't really make a difference in game performance but it will improve load times for different maps and things. Also, applications will definitely go faster. Multitasking will also be improved because your pagefile will be read faster. Access times also improve. Platter size is also important. It's almost more important than spindle speed. Definitely go with a 7200RPM drive, the price differences are negligible.
 
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