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    7200rpm 500gig drives out soon?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by SeeYouInTheER, Dec 13, 2008.

  1. SeeYouInTheER

    SeeYouInTheER Notebook Consultant

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    im thinking bout buying a 5400rpm 500gig drive WD drive from newegg for my 7811 cuz i torrent alot and i need space, but i dont want to cut down on game performance, so will there be 7200rpm ones out soon? or is 5400 gonna be the top for a while?
     
    SeeYouInTheER, Dec 13, 2008
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  2. Kamin_Majere

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    Your hard drive has no effect what so ever on gaming. The only thing a 7200RPM drive gives you over a 5400RPM drive is faster loading

    Saying that the 500gb 7200RPM drives should be out sometime early next year. And i cant FREAKING WAIT. I love my 640gb of 7200RPM capacity, but i'm upgrading as soon as they are mass available because like you i need the space. I'm only working with about 47 free GB right now so the extra 300ish GB the 500 Gig drives would give me would be nice breathing room :p
     
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  3. SeeYouInTheER

    SeeYouInTheER Notebook Consultant

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    alright, ill just buy one for now cuz at the moment, im keeping all my stuff ona external 400gig, and sata to usb is slow.


    and then ill just buy 2 7200rpm's for raid when they come out.
     
    SeeYouInTheER, Dec 13, 2008
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    Yes, seagate was supposed to have their 7200.4 series out this month with 250gb per platter density which means 500gb drives. Unfortunately as of now that got pushed back until december, although you can find the single platter drives around.
     
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  5. SeeYouInTheER

    SeeYouInTheER Notebook Consultant

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    they already have out 250 gig platters out dont they, its just not 7200rpm
     
    SeeYouInTheER, Dec 14, 2008
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    PopRoxMimo3 Notebook Deity

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    Go with the
    Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT 500GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive - OEM
    they outperformed the
    7200 rpm 320gb.....
     
    PopRoxMimo3, Dec 14, 2008
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  7. iaTa

    iaTa Do Not Feed

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    No they do not.

    And a 7200rpm disk will improve your gaming experience slightly due to faster loading textures and sounds in game, not just from loading times.
     
    iaTa, Dec 14, 2008
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    That is just so wrong. Read the stickies again. "Outperformed", in what aspect(s)?
     
    Notebooka, Dec 14, 2008
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  9. Phil

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    Seagate 7200.4 500GB is expected within a week.
     
    Phil, Dec 14, 2008
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  10. SeeYouInTheER

    SeeYouInTheER Notebook Consultant

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    ill hold off till Christmas savings then, maybe i can get free shipping *does funny thing with eyebrows*
     
    SeeYouInTheER, Dec 14, 2008
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