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    Worth upgrading from a 5400rpm hdd to a 7200rpm hdd

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by mitch2471, Jul 10, 2009.

  1. mitch2471

    mitch2471 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I skimped a little on the hard drive when I ordered my xps1640. Since then I have set up raid on my desk top & notice a huge improvement. Since doing that my xps has started to seem very sluggish. Would there be much of a noticeable speed increase taking out my xps 5400rpm hdd & replacing with a 7200rpm hdd?

    Thanks in advance
     
    mitch2471, Jul 10, 2009
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    Fragilexx Get'cha head in the game

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    It depends on what you use the machine for to be honest. You'd likely notice an increased boot time, but after that it really just depends on your usage.
     
    Fragilexx, Jul 10, 2009
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    Fragilexx Get'cha head in the game

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    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    there would be a nice sized boost in speed but if you wanna spend the money SSD is where it is @
     
    The_Moo™, Jul 10, 2009
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    Cheers for the response. Would love to go for a SSD but they are just too expensive for so little space. Cannot really justify it. Can however justify a 7200 hdd & sounds like it would be worth it.
     
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    It is absolutely worth it. There is a huge difference in 7200 vs. 5400. And of course, SSD's are just plain awesome.
     
    jb1007, Jul 10, 2009
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    However, if you do not have a quality laptop "cooler" under your machine the 7200 is able to over heat the laptop.

    When you shut down it is important to not close the lid and put away.
    You will burn an image of touchpad into screen if you do so.

    Enjoy!
     
    Chetanji, Jul 10, 2009
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    I have the 500gb 7200rpm and it's very nice, quiet and fast. I doubt the speed increase would be very noticable appart from on the boot time (I get about 40 seconds to the logon screen) unless you are loading crysis or something. The 16mb cache might make a difference though
     
    funky monk, Jul 10, 2009
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    Its definitely worth it to upgrade to 7200rpm.
    I haven't tried any SSDs yet...
     
    Cyrus20, Jul 27, 2009
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  10. iaTa

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    SSDs are drastically coming down in price due to the release of Intel's G2 drives. I say SSD - it's the best upgrade you will ever make.
     
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    I'm sorry, but Wa-huh??? You'll burn an image of the touchpad into the screen? I've never even heard that as a rumor before :)

    And the 7200 will overheat the laptop? I thought the HDDs on the XPS series were pretty reasonable on heat, at least compared to the GPUs.
     
    jo346820, Jul 27, 2009
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    I just recently purchased a Seagate Momentus 320gb 7200.3 and with HD tune, the temp stays mostly around 47-50C. 50C+ when playing games/watching movies. Is that normal? I usually put a small table fan blowing at the hdd area.
     
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    When I start the system, the HDD temp is 30°C, but as I use the computer, it goes up to 50°C (light or heavy use, doesn't matter). I always thought that's too high, but I'm not sure what other people are getting. It's a 7200rpm HDD on XPS m1330.
     
    LexusForever, Jul 27, 2009
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