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    5793 which hard drive?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by crunka1ntd3ad, Jun 13, 2008.

  1. crunka1ntd3ad

    crunka1ntd3ad Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I'm about to order a Sager 5793 and wanted to get your guys opinion on which hard drive to get. I was either going to get the 320 gb 5400 rpm one, or the 200 gb 7200 rpm and wanted to know which would be better suited for me. I am mostly going to be playing games on it (such as Age of Conan) so would the faster rpm benefit me greatly?
     
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    emblazoned Notebook Consultant

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    not likely. the faster RPM might help the game install faster but after that you're better off having more ram.
     
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  3. eleron911

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    The 320 / 5400 = the 200/7200 in speed and performance, and price, so the 320 GB is the obvious choice.
     
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  4. crunka1ntd3ad

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    Does the 16 MB cache on the 7200 make a difference as opposed to the 8 mb cache on the 5200?
     
    crunka1ntd3ad, Jun 13, 2008
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    If they offered the 320 when I bought mine, that is what I would have gotten- no question. Even though it spins slower, it is just as fast because the data is more tightly packed. Plus, it will run cooler than the 7200, and therefore, live longer.
     
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    As I said , in terms of speed the 320/5400=200/7200.
    So to answer your questions,not really.
     
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    You guys should use the search method. This topic is covered almost every week.
     
    bhattsan, Jun 13, 2008
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  8. eleron911

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    He's a new user, so it'd be hard to sort through all those threads . We were all noobies one [​IMG]
     
    eleron911, Jun 13, 2008
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  9. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    +1 to everything eleron said in this thread
     
    The_Observer, Jun 13, 2008
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