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    5400rpm vs 7200rpm??

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Rugby Lock, Jul 11, 2008.

  1. Rugby Lock

    Rugby Lock Notebook Geek

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    Is there a noticeable difference in performance between the two? I'm looking to upsize my C drive(have a 100gb 7200rpm drive now) and want to know if it's worth the extra cash to get say a 200gb 7200rpm drive versus a bigger 5400 rpm drive?

    Thanks boyz and girlz!
     
    Rugby Lock, Jul 11, 2008
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  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    the new 320GB 5400rpm drives have shown to perform close to the same as a 200GB 7200rpm drive.
     
    Gophn, Jul 11, 2008
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    I find the WD320gb drive i have in my laptop easily fast enough, they do perform about the same as the 200gb 7200 drives so it would seem the 320gb is the one to get as it will offer more storage as similar speeds
     
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  4. Rugby Lock

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    Thanks for the quick reply Gophn! Appreciate the info! You da man!
     
    Rugby Lock, Jul 11, 2008
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  5. Rugby Lock

    Rugby Lock Notebook Geek

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    Thanks Chuck!

    Any recommendations on which brand to get?
     
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    Western Digital 320GB's seem to be the bang for the buck.
     
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  7. Rugby Lock

    Rugby Lock Notebook Geek

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    The drive that came with my 9260 are the 1.5Gbps variety. Do I have to stay with that or can I go to the 3.0Gbps strain? Does it make any difference? Will my computer run the 3.0 version just fine?
     
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    You should go for a 320GB drive with 16mb cache.... thats the model that will perform just as well or close to a 7200rpm drive.
     
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    got it! thanks for the help Gophn!
     
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    Actually.... that link is old in not reviewing the new WD drives.

    The old WD3200BEVT (which was compared in the link) does perform like typical 5400rpm drives.

    The new WD3200BEKT is what performs as well as the Seagate and Hitachi 200GB 7200rpm drives.
     
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    The BEKT is the 7200rpm drive that outperforms the Hitachi 7K200.

    I was responding to this statement. Which is inaccurate in my opinion.
     
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  15. Chucklz_smiley

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    Looks like i left it to long to check bk :(, ive got the same drive as you eleron911 :) n i love it, i was jst running out of space on ma 160gb
     
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  16. Phil

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    eleron911 and Chucklz_smiley, what I'd really like to know is how this drive compares to the current harddrives. If you could run PC Mark on it I'd be grateful.

    It's a free program that delivers results like in the attachment and like this: link. Download is here.
     

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  17. Gophn

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    Sorry, mix up on model numbers.

    I tested a 320GB 5400rpm drive 16mb cache and it performed as well as my old 100GB 7200rpm Seagate.

    I used HDtune for the benchmarks.

    There are a number of threads in this forum that also did similar comparisons.
     
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  18. pasoleatis

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    The 7200 rpm will also get very hot. Mine without a notebook cooler doing nothing stays at around 50 . When at peak goes to 60-61

    PL
     
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    In transfer rates the 320Gb 5400rpm WD comes close to the Hitachi 7K200. In access times the Hitachi is quite a lot faster: 14.6 ms while the WD scores 17.0ms. So when running OS, applications or games the 7K200 will be quite a bit faster.

    What I'd like to see is how the 7K200 compares to the 3200BEKT in real benchmarks (not synthetic). While the 3200BEKT has much better transferrates, the 7K200 has the lowest accestime.
     
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  20. Chucklz_smiley

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    Ill give it ago once i get ma laptop back from ma Grandparents, so it should be tomorrow
     
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  21. Phil

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    That's not really the way it is. Some 7200RPM get hot, some don't get hot.

    That'd be very cool. I hope your running XP. If not you can run PC Mark Vantage which runs on Vista.
     
    Phil, Jul 11, 2008
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    How about Western Digital's new 320GB 7200RPM hard drive?
     
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    Im on Vista Ultimate atm, but if you want ill put xp on it aswell if you want, i dont mind
     
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    Do you mean the heat? If so on the previous page you can see the HD Tune result says 34 degrees Celcius. Pretty cool it seems sofar.
     
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    That would be my number one choice because I will have more comparison results of other drives.

    If it turns out to be too much work, PC Mark Vantage on Vista would also be interesting. Not so much comparison materials although I believe Anandtech.com uses this benchmark too. I'll look into that.
     
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  26. Cossack7V7

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    Some notebooks will already have the WD 320GB hard drive. Like the Sager NP8660 (a.k.a. Clevo M860TU) for instance. I'm sure the hard drive runs cool and quiet. I'm more concerned about it's overall performance. I can't wait for a review! ;) I'd be more impressed if companies started to offer 1 terabyte hard drives in their notebooks as standard. :D
     
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  27. Chucklz_smiley

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    It shouldnt be a problem, im using ma dads notebook atm, it has the WD320gb with the 8mb cache, you want tha aswell for comparison? Vista aswell tho sry
     
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    What does burst rate do in terms of real-life use? Cause i noticed the 320/7200 blows the other's burst rate outta the water.
     
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  29. Phil

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    Yeah I noticed that too but i'm not sure how important it is. We'd have to see some reviews or application benchmarks to see which one is the current leader.
     
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    I just wait for the 320GB 7200RPM 16MB cache in the 8660.
     
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  31. eleron911

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    Will do dude, as soon as it gets to me :)
     
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