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    Performance Comparison 5400/16 7200/8

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Benskey, Oct 21, 2006.

  1. Benskey

    Benskey Newbie

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    Which would be faster a 5400rpm with 16MB cache or 7200rpm with 8MB.
     
    Benskey, Oct 21, 2006
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    mikkroik Notebook Consultant

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    in turms of writing the 16MB becouse the both can old write at 1.5Gbits a second but to actually start writing faster then the 7200RPM
     
    mikkroik, Oct 21, 2006
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  3. matt.modica

    matt.modica Notebook Consultant

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    About the same on average.
     
    matt.modica, Oct 22, 2006
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