7200 or 5400 rpm?

[coolguy23]

which is better for a harddrive...and what does rpm mean and stand for....

[}:8) Supermoo]

rotations-per-minute

would be my guess.

[Phaser]

When my old hard disk fried, the new one I bought was a Maxtor 7200 RPM 40GB drive. I haven't really noticed that much of a difference, but it is quick.

[coolguy23]

so 7200 rpm would be better?
i'm thinkin of gettin a new 30 gb harddrive ...it's only like 200 bucks in canada

[stu]

yeah, 7200 is better.. the faster the better. I went up from 5400rpm Western Digital 13GB, to a 7200rpm Maxtor 30GB. i've been pleased with the speed gain so far..

[peterv]

7200 rpm is heaps faster and has less latency,so its faster and more instantaneous.rpm is definitely rotations per minute.if u dont see a difference between the two it is most likely due to the hdd controllers on the motherboard.
cheers
peterv

[Rodie]

Do they even make 30GB hard drives that are 5400 RPM? I know when I was buying a computer a few months ago that none of the major computer vendors (Dell, Gateway, etc.) had a 5400 hard drive larger than 20 GB or so. I'd just spring for a 7200, as most of the time, the difference in price between the 7200 and 5400 at the same size isn't that great, but it's well worth it.

[Coolin]

ZDNet conducted a test on both and found little difference. However, since 7200 and 5400rpm costs about the same, I would go for 7200rpm anyways. There are, however, chances of 7200rpm Hard Drives frying up in your computer if the fan it not strong enough.

[coolguy23]

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[Edited by coolguy23 on 02-11-2001 at 12:29 PM]

[Coolin]

Originally posted by coolguy23
.What kind of post is that?

[Koolguy]

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[Coolin]

Originally posted by Koolguy
? What kind of post is that?!

[Nick]

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[Remy Canad]

I have a maxtor 7200rpm 30 gig cost me 140. The main thing to look for is ata66. Get the 80 wire cable and hope your mobo can do it. I have noticed a lot of proformance boost from it