Question:
5400rpm or 7200rpm replacement hard drive XPS M1210? Whats the trade off?
Hi,
I have found that for the long term, the 80gb drive that shipped with my M1210 isnt big enough. I would like to keep it as a backup drive though.
What should I replace it with? A larger 5400 drive, or a 7200 drive?
It seems to me that the 7200 will be louder, hotter, & drain the power faster.
Should I be leaning towards a 5400rpm drive (like the 80 gb toshiba thats in it)?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
BTW I think the drive in it (Toshiba 80gb) is a SATA 3.0 drive. Is that possible?
Thanks,
Rich
Answer:
Re: 5400rpm or 7200rpm replacement hard drive XPS M1210? Whats the trade off?
Go with the 7200rpm drive. It will be a little louder, hotter, and use slightly more power but none of those factors will be all that much more than the 5400rpm and it will be noticeably faster in drive intensive tasks.
Answer:
Re: 5400rpm or 7200rpm replacement hard drive XPS M1210? Whats the trade off?
I mostly web browse & do some very light gaming (very light - solitare :)
I do want a snappy recovery from hibernation & a quick boot. The laptop does sit on my lap & I dont want it to get to hot (dont want to burn myself).
Answer:
Re: 5400rpm or 7200rpm replacement hard drive XPS M1210? Whats the trade off?
For me a quiet laptop is the priority so i would not opt for a 7200 because based on past experience those hard drives for me have been louder than the 5400 HD's. The most quiet has been the 4200 HD's but the speeds of those are to slow for me to even consider getting one today in a modern laptop. Heat is also a concern for me as well. Some 7200 HD's are pretty notorious for being quite noisy.
With new technology now in tests the perpendicular 5400.3 HD's in some tests have proved to be as fast if not faster than some 7200 HD's.
The added advantage that these HD's have over a 7200 HD is that they create less heat and use less power.
At 21 dBA@1m, the 7200.1 was slighter louder than most of the other notebook drives we've tested. The noise level was roughly on par with a quiet desktop drive, such as the Samsung Spinpoint P80. The quality of the noise was similar as well: Primarily, broadband air turbulence (whoosh) with a small amount of motor hum. There was no high frequency noise to speak of; no whine was present. By comparison, the Samsung MP0402H had much less broadband noise, but it produced a very slight high frequency whine perceptible from certain angles.
The level of vibration was also slightly higher than other tested notebook drives. It still qualifies as a low vibration drive when desktop drives are considered. The vibration level was very similar to the reference Samsung MP0402H drive, and I could not decide which had lower vibration even after several direct A/B comparisons.
Because of the high rotation speed, the 7200.1 vibrates at a higher frequency than most other notebook drives. The resonant frequency was also higher because of this: 120 Hz instead of 90 Hz. Because human hearing is more sensitive at 120 Hz than at 90 Hz, the vibration noise from the 7200.1 seemed a little higher than the MP0402H even though the vibration levels were almost identical. The low vibrational hum is the same pitch as an ordinary 7,200 RPM desktop drive.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article278-page2.html
Answer:
Re: 5400rpm or 7200rpm replacement hard drive XPS M1210? Whats the trade off?
I just installed a 200GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache drive from new egg, it is actually quieter and has no effect on the battery life and boy does it scream.
Still considering getting a xps1330...
Answer:
Re: 5400rpm or 7200rpm replacement hard drive XPS M1210? Whats the trade off?
Im mostly concerned with Heat.
Is the M1210 a SATA 3.0 notebook?