Desktop 7200rpm HD vs Laptop 7200rpm HD

hi, is there a difference in performance between the two, how much difference is it? can the laptop hd run continuously for 24 hour at full load?

 

The desktop version is much bigger therefore faster but not by a massive amount.

 

Oh, forgot to mention i don't really care about capacity, 100GB is enough for me, if i need more i would probably purchase an external HD, so the only difference is in size. and i wouldn't see much difference in term of performace, correct?

 

You'd have to be more specific to know for sure. The storage size of the drive is going to make a big difference because larger drives are going to have quicker seek times for the most part.

Laptop drives should still be able to run at full load as much as you'd be running any other HDD at full load, obviously if it's actually in a notebook, there is more of a heat issue.

Several articles have stated though that heat differences between 5400rpm drives and 7200rpm drives is pretty much nothing.

 

2.5" drives would have higher data platter density which would mean better performance to my way of thinking.

 

i wan't to know about say... load time of games, seek times (when i open a folder is it instanteous as the desktop?), copying file, etc.

 

What's the battery life difference between a 5400 and 7200 notebook hard drive?

 

madDog that question really dosent have any bearing on this thread but its negligable now the difference is only 5-15 minutes with most newer 7200 drives

 

It really depends on the size of the drive. 60GB 7200 vs 500GB 7200? But with an equil comparison, the notebook HD should be faster, slightly.

@ MadDog31 Thats if your actually using the HD. If your just browsing the net, etc. Then it shouldn't take much time off your battery life.

 

I put a Seagate 100GB 7200RPM SATA 2.5" drive in my Linux desktop/server. It's a little slower than a standard 3.5" 7200RPM drive and a LOT slower than the 74GB 10K RPM Raptor it replaced. I wanted less noise and lower power consumption, which it did provide, but I'll probably swap the 2.5" drive into my next notebook and replace it with one of the 150GB Raptors. I'll miss the 2.5" formfactor though, 3.5" drives are huge in comparison.

 

so, what you're all saying is that laptop harddrive should be comparable to desktop equivalent. Oh, should i take harddrive shock resistance into consideration when buying a laptop. Is all current harddrive design features strong shock resistance when not in use (when the computer is turned off), how about when it is turned on, should i move them around when its on?, sorry if this post is a bit out of topic, thought i post it in here since we all talking about harddrive.

 

The 2.5" are more shock resistant. Though I would not recommend subjecting HDDs to shocks. I would ABSOLUTELY not recommend moving 3.5 HDDs when moving.
The shock resistant of a running 2.5 HDD is the same as that for a stationary 3.5HDD.

EDIT: This data is about a year and a half old, when I actually looked at shock resitance values of HDDs, I think it was seagate.

 

The idea is that it needs to really be quite a bit of data pulled at once to be a noticed.

I don't think you'll see a difference with opening folders over say a 5400, but as for loading a game, you should see at least a small one.