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Dukey77777
Joined: 28 Jun 2007
Location: Chungcheongbuk-do
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 Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:25 am Post subject: 7200 RPM vs 10000 RPM |
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I'm going to be buying a new HD...probably Western Digital - my Seagate Barracuda 500 GB just died, along with all my stuff....so it's time to change to WD, I've heard good things.....
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Does anyone have experience with 10,000 RPMs? Specifically, the WD VelociRaptor 150GB??
http://blog.danawa.com/prod/702937/C/861/877/977/0
Are 10,000 RPM drives significantly faster than 7,200s? Considering startup times, and game loading - I'm wondering if there's a noticeable difference. |
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Jeff's Cigarettes
Joined: 27 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:49 am Post subject: |
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What about the warranty? Lifetime is it not?
Sure there's a speed difference but not a tremendous one. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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I thought I read they were faster, but it's not as big of a jump as it once was. Guys going for speed generally put two in a RAID configuration, anyway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundant_array_of_independent_disks
I'd go with two 7,200 drives in a RAID 1 configuration. You'll still get the read speed increase (which is where you need it anyway), and have redundancy if one drive goes bad. |
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I_Am_The_Kiwi
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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Thats a whole lot of money your prepared to spend on a 150GB drive simply cos it is 10,000RPM.
Yes they are faster, but for gaming etc you wont really notice it too much.
It is unecessary for what you want. |
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