Recently, I went from one Seagate 7200.8 160 Gb SATA 3.5" drive to two Samsung SpinPoint M40S 60 Gb SATA 2.5" drives in RAID 0.
Why?
Well, I got worried about heat from the Seagate, a little tired of the noise (yes, the rest of the system is very quiet) and I had to reinstall Windows anyway - any excuse in a storm
As for heat and noise, it is gone.
The speed record is somewhat spotty. Without any benchmarks before/after, you'll have to trust me
These two 5400 rpm drives are as fast as the old 7200 drive.
Loading times are better, but only when there are lots of data involved. Windows starts in 4-5 seconds less, while OpenOffice, Dreamweaver 7 and B2 is considerably faster than before.
The rest seems snappy enough, but won't move the earth.
Worth it for noice and heat, not so for speed - I think.
I had more of a "speed shock" a few years ago when I went from a 5400 rpm 3.5" drive to a fancy 7200 rpm 3.5".
Once prices start coming down for 7200 rpm 2.5" I'll look into it again.
The Seagate is now happy as an external backup drive.
Why?
Well, I got worried about heat from the Seagate, a little tired of the noise (yes, the rest of the system is very quiet) and I had to reinstall Windows anyway - any excuse in a storm
As for heat and noise, it is gone.
The speed record is somewhat spotty. Without any benchmarks before/after, you'll have to trust me
These two 5400 rpm drives are as fast as the old 7200 drive.
Loading times are better, but only when there are lots of data involved. Windows starts in 4-5 seconds less, while OpenOffice, Dreamweaver 7 and B2 is considerably faster than before.
The rest seems snappy enough, but won't move the earth.
Worth it for noice and heat, not so for speed - I think.
I had more of a "speed shock" a few years ago when I went from a 5400 rpm 3.5" drive to a fancy 7200 rpm 3.5".
Once prices start coming down for 7200 rpm 2.5" I'll look into it again.
The Seagate is now happy as an external backup drive.
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