7200RPM 2.5" laptop drive
22 November 2006, 10:40 AM
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Thanks Suba. I was going to buy an aftermarket drive to stick in my current Laptop (Dell Latitude D610) but there appear to be very few makes available.
Do you know who your drive is made by?
Darren
Do you know who your drive is made by?
Darren
22 November 2006, 01:17 PM
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Got one of these in my MacBook Pro
Momentus 7200.1 - ST910021AS
Makes a big difference IMO over 5400
Momentus 7200.1 - ST910021AS
Makes a big difference IMO over 5400
22 November 2006, 02:19 PM
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Thanks for the comments guys. I need a new laptop for work anyway so I push for an XPS with the 7200prm drive already.
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23 November 2006, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by davedipster
I've got Two in raid 0 super quick 
. When laptop have you got?My brother was considering 2 full size disks (3.5£) in his Rock laptop but for some reason went for one ???
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23 November 2006, 09:45 AM
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I think when changing from 5400rpm to 7200rpm there are several factors to consider.
Power consumption, the 7200 will use more power and shorten battery life,
The 7200rpm drive will take longer to become ready from a spin down situation,
The 7200rpm drive will generate more heat when spinning.
Unless your laptop IDE interface is fairly recent then all of the above will yield no improvement in data transfer.
Power consumption, the 7200 will use more power and shorten battery life,
The 7200rpm drive will take longer to become ready from a spin down situation,
The 7200rpm drive will generate more heat when spinning.
Unless your laptop IDE interface is fairly recent then all of the above will yield no improvement in data transfer.
23 November 2006, 09:59 AM
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Suba - what are those like? Especially compared to older ones such as the T32. I have a T32 and want to get one of those. Trouble is they aren't in regular supply at my company until after the new year so I have to put up with my broken enet connector until then ... 
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23 November 2006, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by darlodge
No that's just greedy . When laptop have you got?
My brother was considering 2 full size disks (3.5£) in his Rock laptop but for some reason went for one ???
Darren
. When laptop have you got?My brother was considering 2 full size disks (3.5£) in his Rock laptop but for some reason went for one ???
Darren
24 November 2006, 07:15 PM
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Being honest rpm is not the single factor in speed. Infact I would say its one of the last in the priority of factors:
When we had some 2nd hand HP computers, they were running 7200rpm drives (1st gen: noisy as f***). I already had some Maxtor divres which were going to waste and were newer and still under guarantee, but were 5400rpm drives. I swapped them over, did a few tests and concluded that there was no obvious speed difference.
The fact its a newer drive using later generation control circuits with lots of high speed cache will make it faster, regardless of the platter rpm.
When we had some 2nd hand HP computers, they were running 7200rpm drives (1st gen: noisy as f***). I already had some Maxtor divres which were going to waste and were newer and still under guarantee, but were 5400rpm drives. I swapped them over, did a few tests and concluded that there was no obvious speed difference.
The fact its a newer drive using later generation control circuits with lots of high speed cache will make it faster, regardless of the platter rpm.
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