Seagate 5400.3 or 7200.1 for my V6J

Hi,

I'm planning to upgrade the sluggish 4200rpm 120gb fujitsu in my V6J. Should i go for the newer perpendicular tech drive or the faster one?

Seagate 5400.3 160gb or 7200.1 100gb?

 

I have this 5400.3 for couple of days, I made some benches and it is almost as fast as my previous 7200 which I had in Sager. Here you have links to HD Tune tests :
7200 : http://img439.imageshack.us/my.php?image=beztytuu8nm.jpg

5400.3 : http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/2262/seagate7he.jpg

As you can see, the diffrence is really small. And according to Seagate's webpage 5400.3 has power drain on 4200-class level.

 

WTF? The V6J ships with a 4200 RPM drive? Eeww...

 

The one in OZ does =/

 

Hey Mastha, how much did that 5400.3 HD cost you? I'm assuming it's pretty expensive right now. Also, how long does it usually take for the price to decrease?

 

No, here in the USA (from PROportable.com) the specs for the drive is 5400 RPM and mine seems pretty speedy. I run video editing/photo editing software as well as games like Doom 3. While it is NOT a gaming machine it can hold it's own but what I really like about it is the sturdy case and the screen!!

Hope that helps.

 

I would upgrade to the 7200 i have that in one of my laptops and it really does make a difference.

 

@ ledzepp14 : it costs me 107$

 

While i prefer seatgate. Hitachis are still good and cheaper.

 

I have the newest Hitachi 7200 RPM in my computer. It gets warm at times, but I have never really had trouble with it. If the seagates were quieter and cooler though, I would go with that 100%.

 

I also like the hitachi 7200rpm

 

I think that Hitachi I had was louder than Seagate.

 

I've used Hitachi, Maxtor, Western Digital, and Seagate HDs... From personal experience, I found Seagate HDs to be the most silent.

 

My new ASUS A6JA came also with 100GB Fujitsu 4200rpm HDD, a kinda dissapointment, i am looking for a replacement HDD, i think i will go for Seagate 5400.3 100gb

 

@ Mastha: dude could you tell me the model no for the 5400.3? Is it ST9100824A ? cause i probably think thats the 5400.2 ? know anywhere i can the 5400.3 in the UK?
cheers!

 

I bought mine in Poland so I guess you won't be interested, ST980815A this is model number according to Seagate's website.

 

see: http://www.pyramid.com/Product.aspx...PriceRunner&ref_StockCode=A41146&ref_Type=CPC

also: http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=3YYS

I am also thinking of getting one of these.

hope this helps

JC

 

Just a quick side note, the 5400.3 series drives are Seagate's first perpendicular recording drives. The data is stored at a higher density on the platters compared to the 7200.1 series. A direct comparison based on RPM is not valid. With a higher data density you get higher data throughput at the same rotational speed. The 7200.1 series is probably still faster, but not by as much as most people think.

 

I posted screen from HD Tune with 5400.3 and 7200. 7,2k is only slighty faster than 5400.3, really great HDD IMO and very quiet.

 

Yea, on mastha's benchmarks above.. it shows the 7200 over the 5400 by a small difference. I need to get me one of those!

 

Can you give a better temperature and sound comparison of the two drives? I know that I at times prefer my slower 5400 RPM drives because they run cooler and quieter. How about this one?

 

Sound comparison will be quite difficult cause I don't have right gear to measure it but I will try to get some temp benches asap. I have it just couple of days but I can tell you that it is really quiet, previous Hitachi 4200 was louder.