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which of 2 drives would You pick for boot drive??

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muffinman

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I got a 20 gig ata 66 7200rpm drive, and a 40 gig ata 100 5400rpm. Which one will have the fastest performance for the boot drive. In essence, will the ata affect performance more so than the rpm?

Cheers,
Greg
 
Without knowing more about the drives, going by what you list then I say it doesn't matter. I have seen new era 5400 rpm HDD's run the same, if not faster, than an older 7200 rpm HDD.
 
The difference in ATA speeds rarely translate into a performance difference.

I would go with the 20GB 7200RPM drive as the boot drive, depending on how old the two drives are.
 
sorry, i forgot to add the make of the drives.......the 20 gig ata 66 7200rpm is a western dig. and the 40 gig ata 100 5400 rpm is a samsung.......the samsung is brand new and the west. dig. is a year old.
 
I have a WD 15 gig 7200 rpm ATA66 drive and it is not very fast. HDtach benches it ~ 25 MB/sec. Not even maxing out ATA33. Dont know on the Samsung model. I dont think they are known for speed.
 
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