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7200 rpm vs. 5400 rpm
For those of you that have a 7200 rpm drive, does it make much of a difference in a laptop over a 5400 rpm? Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but I couldn't find a thread.
It seems that with a fast processor and ample memory that the hard drive speed could be a bottleneck...
TIA
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While I do notice a difference, generally with things like... loading RAW images, editing large video, its pretty minimal overall. Its more like a few seconds here and there. Now its a giant difference over the 4200 RPM that came with my S360.
Heat, noise, battery life, about the same though the Hitachi unit I have is definatly a bit louder than my Seagate or even the 5400 RPM hitachi.
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As noted, the faster drive will shine when doing hard drive intensive things. The Hitachis do run a bit warmer.
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An earlier reply mentioned video editing and that the difference wouldn't be that great. I tend to agree with that statement, BUT I believe the difference will not be in the video "editing", but the video "capturing". If you are capturing digital video, the hard drive has to work very hard to keep up with the data stream. The video you are capturing is playing in real time and it does not wait for the hard drive to catch up. The result could be dropped frames in the video capture. If you plan on doing video capture and cannot live with dropped frames, I would definitely recommend the 7200 rpm drive.
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Re: 7200 rpm vs. 5400 rpm
An earlier reply mentioned video editing and that the difference wouldn't be that great. I tend to agree with that statement, BUT I believe the difference will not be in the video "editing", but the video "capturing". If you are capturing digital video, the hard drive has to work very hard to keep up with the data stream. The video you are capturing is playing in real time and it does not wait for the hard drive to catch up. The result could be dropped frames in the video capture. If you plan on doing video capture and cannot live with dropped frames, I would definitely recommend the 7200 rpm drive.
admittadly I'm not a hardcore editor but just doing basic things in Premiere like cutting pasting hell opening does show a difference in load time etc.
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If you have extra $$$ to spent, go for the 7200 rpm.
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"If you have extra $$$ to spent, go for the 7200 rpm."
I got me a new 7K60 for 99 bucks +sh on the net, so there is not much of a difference these days. It is scratchy when working thou, can't hear it otherwise. I have pre 5K100 one 5400 40 gig Hitachi and it is dead silent.The other 60 gig 5K100 is scratchy too. So, I guess, newer technologies are louder, yet faster.
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yes, I do believe that a faster hard drive increses permonace considerably improves performance, as the RAM can access files from the HDD quickly. The downside is that they can be noisy, can generate heat and the biggest downside is that they can take up a lot of battery life.
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Depending on the position of the disk drive in the machine, you could definetly notice a difference in heat. 7200rpm drive without a doubt, run much hotter. It can get get very uncomfortable. While the difference in performance is there, In my experience its negligable. I would throw more money into a bigger drive.
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""I would throw more money into a bigger drive.""
As it was many times stated
4200 to 5400 -> ~35-40% gain
4200 to 7200 -> ~45-50% gain
5400 to 7200 -> ~10-15% gain
It is up to every body how to spend their money.