Change 5400RPM HDD to a 7200RPM one

Hi friends, I am gonna buy a P-6861 JFX in Japan, but the it's original HDD is 5400 RPM, which might not be fast enough for hardcore gaming, so I wonder if it is possible to change the 5400RPM one to a 7200RPM one? How to do it?

It's for sure that the 7200RPM one will generate more heat, but would there be any problem after the change?

Thank you for your help guys!

 

Pull out the old one, put in the new one.

Install operating system

???

Profit

 

It wouldnt make a major differnt in gaming but make sure the hard drive you buy is the right size.

 

hdd comes in 3.5" 2.5" and 1.8 "
u need a 2.5"

 

thank you for the help guys, I wonder if this jump from 5400RPM to 7200RPM would cause any problem to my beloved laptop?

 

i believe you can keep the old one in there because this laptop has two HDD slots

 

HDD will usually only help with load times.

 

Can I RAID them up? one 5400RPM + one 7200RPM? How to do so? Cheers!

 

You need the same, to raid them. Just put in 2 and enable RAID in the bios after reboot the RAID manager will ask which RAID type you will want to use. 0 for performance and 1 for data security.

 

if you buy 320Gb 5400rpm is faster than 160Gb 7200rpm cause data density is bigger on 320Gb HDD and that makes it to read/write faster even thought it has 7200Rpm

 

just get another same like the one u have and install as a raid
that is if you want, the 7200 will offer you little boost if any.

actually if the space offered by the original drive is enough, don't change it at all. get a better cpu instead

 

I agree, I have both types talked about here, and I left my P-6080fx as is, not much difference from my souped up P-171x fx in riad0 with 7200rpm hd's, don't get me wrong, my P-171x fx loads a little quicker, but on start up you have the raid information screen that adds time to the startup, I am happy with both.

 

6860......

 

My bad, so many numbers...lol

 

hey flynnaz, can you give us an hd tune read out of both raid and non raid when you get a chance. thanks! or point me to the right thread.

 

while this dates back
its still a good read

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2101&p=1

 

johnkss, I need to download that program, where do I get it (HD Tune)?

 

There is a vista 64bit sata update on gateways support site dated 6/12/08, I have noticed some of gateways new updates are older drivers, just fyi, I did this update anyways.

 

here ya go my friend.

http://www.hdtune.com/

 

Will the free version work for what information I need?

 

yes...i just need to know the transfer rates

 

Ok, I will get to it in between gaming this weekend

 

thanks sir!

you save me the trouble of raiding two 320 gig drives to see what it does...lol

 

I have a itch to buy a extra 320hd for my wifes, I hate empty slots

 

how about battery life, anyone noticed any change when running 2 HDD ?

 

sorry could not tell you, I'm on AC 90% of the time.

 

yeah, i like matching things myself...lol

i know i can get about an hour on serious gaming and regular use is about 2.5 hours in power save mode.

 

so can this machine support dual 320 gb harddrives? Is there a maximum supported limit?

 

yes, it will support 2 320 gig hard drives

 

the maximum is 2x 2.5" internal hdd.
i think that comes down to 1 tera ?

but since you can attach another one via the eSATA and dozens more through usb...


i got a headache.

 

Here are the HDtune results of my P-171x fx (2) 200gb 7200rpm in raid 0 strip size 32 (sorry I do not know how to post screen shots )

Transfer rate
minimum 55.1MB/sec
Maximum 114.6 MB/sec
Average 90.5 MB/sec
Access Time 15.0 ms
Burst Rate 65.8 MB/sec
CPU Usage 11.6%

My Desktop with Rapture 150 10,000 rpm

Transfer Rate
minimum 49.5MB/sec
Maximum 82.4 MB/sec
Average 71.2 MB/sec
Access Time 8.6 ms
Burst Rate 102.4 MB/sec
CPU Usage 5.4%

My P-6860fx with stock 320gb 5400rpm

Transfer Rate
minimum 30.2 MB/sec
Maximum 64.4 MB/sec
Average 49.1 MB/sec
Access Time 16.5 ms
Burst Rate 86.3 MB/sec
CPU Usage 4.3%

 

well that explains it...rail is killing the 320...lol

but they are holding their own under burst.

 

I was suprised with my rapture, access time is awesome, what was your score?