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    Hard Drive: Larger = Faster?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Seefree, Dec 1, 2005.

  1. Seefree

    Seefree Notebook Enthusiast

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    Am looking to buy a Hitachi 7K100 hard drive to put into my laptop. The specifications are the same, but in real world use would a 100GB 7K100 be faster than a 60GB 7K100 or the reverse? I am not sure yet if I will be using all the extra space, but just as a basic rule does storage space affect practical speed?
    Thanks!
     
    Seefree, Dec 1, 2005
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  2. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It does but nothing that one would actually be able to tell.

    There has been tests that a 100gb 5400 almost compares to a 60gb 7200 in terms of speed
     
    coriolis, Dec 1, 2005
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    TBird Notebook Consultant

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    Agreeing with coriolis on this one...
    No difference that a human could tell ;)
    -TBird
     
    TBird, Dec 4, 2005
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    yes in theroy this would be the case, since the data is more densly packed in a larger cap. drive then it would have to be acessed faster at any rpm purely because of the density
     
    Samwise592, Dec 6, 2005
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    chinna_n Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Both 60GB and 100GB use 2 platter design, but 60GB comes with 3 heads( 3 sides, so 40GB per platter) and 100GB comes with 4 head(so 50GB per platter).

    Access latency does not change because it still uses the same slider, but bandwidth increases because of little more density(probably by factor of 15-25%).

    So, im my opinion it may not make substantial difference.( it does make some).
     
    chinna_n, Dec 6, 2005
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