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    To go to 5400RPM 80GB or 7200RPM 60GB?

    Discussion in 'Fujitsu' started by betty77, Nov 27, 2004.

  1. betty77

    betty77 Notebook Consultant

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    I am planning to order the Fujitsu N6000 and I am down to deciding if I should go with 5400RPM 80GB harddrive or 7200RPM 60GB harddrive. On one hand, I would like a faster harddrive because it sounds better, but I also want a bigger harddrive because that shoulds nice too. Is the 7200 really much much faster than the 5400?

    Is there any way to check what speed is the harddrive on your computer? Right now, my current notebook's harddrive is 6.4GB. What a laugh to compare it with today's notebooks (any my current notebook is only 5 years old) Thanks!
     
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    drw Notebook Consultant

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    There is a post from one person saying the speed increase from 5400 to 7200 is smaller than the increase from 4200 to 5400. But like you I'd like a second opinion. I have 15 megs in my current notebook, and if the 7200 doesn't significantly thrash faster, then I'd just assume have the extra 20 gigs. 10 gigs are taken away anyway with the OS and image partition. Speaking of image partition, can PortableOne sell you an OEM WinXP with a laptop purchase given the image roms you get are evidently laced with SPAMware like Norton Antivirus, Turbotax, ms works, etc.

    -David
     
    drw, Nov 28, 2004
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    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    I never backed up my claim that the gain from 4.2K to 5.4K is less than that from 5.4K to 7.2K (In a different thread). So here it goes!

    According to benchmarks by Tom's Hardware: (MAX bandwidth attainable, not a real life test!)
    Gain from 4.2K to 5.4K = 2466 KB/s ... ie a gain of 2.06 KB/s/RPM
    Gain from 5.4K to 7.2K = 2010 KB/s ... ie a gain of 1.12 KB/s/RPM

    Although the difference in real life MPEG encoding tests is even less
    Gain from 4.2K to 5.4K = 14%
    Gain from 4.2K to 7.2K = 15%

    And the gain in boot up times:
    from 4.2K to 5.4K = 4 sec
    from 4.2K to 7.2K = 5 sec

    Original article: http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20031031/index.html

    So for sure you will get faster performance with 7.2K, but if you need the space on the go then you have to go with 5.4K, which even exists in 100GB. For me I would rather have a 7.2K even if it were only 40GB and do my storage on an external USB/Firewire 200GB HDD that I keep at home!

    Hope I was of any help. [ :eek:)]
     
    qwester, Nov 28, 2004
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