G1s with 5400 or 7200 rpm?

Hi all,
I was on the phone, about to close the deal on this G1s, gaming/portability-with-hdmi-perfect-for-me-besides-the-bulky-look laptop when i remembered all this about the 7200rpm drive.
I told him to give me three prices, stock, one with 7200rpm drive and one with a bigger 200gb+ 5400rpm drive (because of the faster transfer rate)

What do you guys think will be most performance per battery?
I know stock will give me best battery but i've heard ppl say that a 7200 is so much better so my Q is, is it?
Is the 7200 so much better that it's worth the batterytimeloss and heatincrease?

Also, do you think the 200gb+ 5400rpm is the golden middle choice?

edit: oh and also, is it really that big of a performance gain? Not talking about numbers, talking about the feel. I have a 4200rpm drive now and really i haven't felt any need for hitting myself hard with anything 'cause of a slow hdd.

Thanks

 

in my personal experience there is a significant preformance difference but if the larger drive is more important get it as there is noothing wrong with 5400rpm

 

Significant? Hmm, ok i'll have to think about this now.
Less hdd-performance vs hotter and less batterytime.

No a large drive is not that important since eSATA tho, i was thinkin of a larger hdd because i've read you can get them with bigger transfer rate which makes it almost equal(?) to 7200rpm drives. Right?

 

Just keep in mind that faster HDD means more heat and less battery life, as you said. Heat and battery are already a problem with most Asus Notebooks.

 

7200rpm internal and have a storage drive of whatever size hooked up with eSATA.

 

It is very hard to decide between 7200rpm and 5400rpm notebook drives because of so much bullsh*t that is told.
So here is the truth:

- 5400rpm drives with less than 250GB are far slower than 7200rpm drives.

- 5400rpm drives with a capacity of at least 250GB have the same transfer rates as 7200rpm drives. This is due to higher data density (Perpendicular Recording).

- The latency of 5400rpm drives is about 2-4ms higher compared to 7200rpm drives. New 5400rpm drives (like the 250GB ones) reach latencies that are only 2ms higher, old ones have longer latency.

- 7200rpm drives do not increase power drain and heat.

As I have three drives here, a 7200rpm 160GB one, a 5400rpm 250GB one and a 5400rpm 160GB one, my desicion would be:

If there is only one HDD in your notebook take the 5400rpm 250GB one if capacity matters. If you want every bit of performance you can get, take the 7200rpm one but be aware that the performance increase compared to a 250GB 5400rpm HD may not even be noticeable.

As I have two HDDs in my notebook, the 7200rpm one is set as the primary disk in order to decrease boot-up time. The 250GB 5400rpm one is for internal data storage and the old 160GB 5400rpm one is used as a "USB-Stick".

 

^Amen brother, ye speak the truth!

PS Fan of the V1S, was my second choice to the C90s. What kinda battery life you get from it with the bay battery?

 

Take a look at www.tomshardware.com. There is a review of the new Hitachi 200GB 7,200 RPM drive. It is much faster than the competition and uses about the same amount of power as the 5,400 RPM drives. It is also quieter than many of them.

Assuming you don't mind the added expense, the Hitachi is definitely the best 2.5" drive available. I use this drive in both my G1s and my work notebook and it is a great drive.

Ira

 

Thanks for the clarification but are you sure about the heat?
As i remember according to the C90s review ppl who get the 7200 in favor of the 5400 report increased heat (hotter palmrest).

Increased heat must imply increased power drain, right?

 

There are really only two choices performance wise for laptop HDD's (this is excluding solid state).. Seagate's Momentus 5400.3 or the 7200.2.

Luckily I received the 5400.3 160Gb with my laptop, and upgraded it with the 7200RPM (using the 5400 as my external over eSata).

You will see a big difference in HD performance, and the battery differences are insignificant, nothing big. Both drives use very little power.

Oh one more thing, both drives use perpendicular technology. I have the 120GB 7200.2 and it uses it as well.