320GB@5400 or 200GB@7200

ya..see my earlier post, ~70MB transfer....really good....

 

do the sata 300's and/or 16 MB cache harddrives use more power? i thought i remember reading that one of these newer generation features use more juice. i don't remember.

 

1.8W as far as I`ve read for reading and 2.2W for writing.
As oposed to 1.8 writing on the 5400/320 GB.

 

were you answering my question eleron? i think that was what i read.

 

Yep, it was adressed to you.
Though I`m not 100% of the #,will dig some more.

EDIT 1.8W and 2.3W
http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/26/hitachi-pushes-out-2-5-inch-320gb-travelstar-5k320/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/24/fujitsu-announces-worlds-first-2-5-inch-320gb-disk-to-spin-at/

 

you don't have to. i am not 100 percent sure about your numbers either, but i remember some variance similar to that. reading this thread is making me question what i want to buy a little harder. my 5400 usually tops out @ 37*c under load, so i still have plenty of temp. headroom to get a 7200 rpm drive, though i don't really need the performance.

 

37°C is really cool ....my poor HDD reaches 63°C....

 

but i bet your gpu does a lot better than my ~74* idle with no external cooling.

 

ehr....ya.....~74°C idle is a bit......mine is ~36°C

 

i can't get any straight answers on getting to the gpu and what's there. i have the disassembly guide but i don't want to take it apart and there be a thermal pad waiting for me. i want to put as5 on it and see what happens. but in the meantime my trusty 4" electric fan keeps it cool @ 55* and <.

 

Yap they will use more juice

Here we can see that my Hitachi 200GB 7k(wich is SATA 150) drive needs less power(1W less on load ) than one WD 320GB 5k drive(SATA 300):


The cache here doesn´t interfere much. The WD 320GB drive have only 8MB and the Hitachi 200GB have 16MB, and still consumes less 1W on load.

 

^^^^ why'd u do that to me. i've been considering the wd 320 5400 but it consumes more power than competition. grrrr. i like wd because they're quiet and usually more conservative on power. so who has quietest and least juice sucking 320 gig 5400 and/or 7200 rpm hdd?