would you sacrifice 20gb for 7200 rpm's

ihave a 60gb 7200 rpm laying around and was thiking of puting it in instead of the 5400 80gb what do you think?

-john-

 

Yes the 7200 is a much faster drive, only a Samsung 160gb single platter drive is comparable
I use a 32GB ssd in my cf-19 normaly

Alex

 

Absolutely I rarely keep large files on my toughbook for long periods, thats why I have a huge external usb drive, speed is key!

 

It depends on weather or not you want better performance or battery life?

 

That's not an issue with the 7200rpm Hitachis we all used to use. They don't use a lot more power than the 5400 drives and include a little utility which allows you to throttle back the drive if power consumption is very important.
Only the HTS drives have this feature, not the HTC models.
CAP

 

Why not sell both drives and get a larger capacity 7200 HDD? I've seen 2.5 HDD 500GB size for $75 on eBay. Probably even cheaper if you shop around.

 

These Toughbook models require a ide type hard drive, not the sata type


Alex

 

Well, Do you need space or performance? Also, Power is a factor if even slightly. It will pick up some slight performance, one way to tell is just to benchmark each drive. There are some simple free utilities to do it with.

 

I have both a 7200 and a 5400 160 gb drive; I bought the 7200 with a caddy for a spare, since I clone-backup regularly and the nature of my work doesn't allow me easily to be days out of service.

I swapped them a while back just for the heck of it.....I noted NO noticeable performance difference, other than a pile of trouble from Adobe Acrobat 8.0 no longer wanting to work properly (I believe it does a HD reference somewhere in the setup/authorization). Since there appears to be no benefit to me, I would switch back just to extend battery life, but don't want to go through the hassle with Adobe again reauthorizing the program.

So, my answer would be no.

 

If you have a Win7 or Vista machine with a SDHC slot you might consider using ReadyBoost to cut down the speed advantage of a faster spin HDD like I have. This way I have capacity and speed and still get a little over 4 hours per battery charge.

 

I guess in that case it wouldnt be an issue. That utility you speak of sounds cool. Too bad we cant find those drives anymore. Also its my understanding hitachi is not a great hard drive brand.

Not sure about the OP but in my case a 80GB 7200 would be more than enough for my toughbook. Its just locating it for a decent price thats the issue.

 

I don't think you will find any of the long time users of the HTS Hitachi drives on this forum who have anything bad to say about these drives. I have the 200GB SATA version in my CF-30, and the IDE units in all my CF-18s and 29s. I am also a big fan of the Samsung 160GB 5400rpm drives Alex turned me on to.
CAP

 

Cap is right we are all about reliability, and if it won't last we won't use it.

 

Gotcha. I guess your right, after all you want the tough stuff in our toughbooks. Now i just need to locate a 7200rpm drive that is as quiet as stock, and i really dont care about size as its not my main system.