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What is the difference between 7200 and 5400 in the N10Jc?
Does the 7200 consume more power? How much compared to a 5400?
I was thinking of getting Seagate Momentus 320GB 2.5" (5400RPM or 7200?) 8MB SATA
5400 cost AU$77 7200 cost AU$91
I want to know personal experiences with these types of hard drives and how they affect battery life and performance.
Thanks
I changed my HD to a WD Blue 500gb 5400rpm. Battery life seems the same about 4 hours (Vista)
Haven't tried any benchmarks but I remember reading somewhere there was no great gain using a 7200 vs 5400.
Its not really worth it.
For gaming you will just get slightly faster loading times.
It would only really help if you were low on memory as the hdd controls the virtual ram (pagefile)
2GB is enough so just get whatever hdd you can get.
Its not really worth it.
For gaming you will just get slightly faster loading times.
It would only really help if you were low on memory as the hdd controls the virtual ram (pagefile)
2GB is enough so just get whatever hdd you can get.
I currently do have 2GB RAM. I'm running out of space so that is more of the problem, however I'm playing around with iDeneb and hoping to get dual boot. Hence the more space needed
Thanks I might see if I can afford a bigger drive, maybe 500GB? What do you suggest?
Either get the Seagate Momentus 7200 rpm, or WD Blue 5400 rpm. Benchmark-wise, those are the best. But of course, 7200 rpm uses more power, so WD Blue might be a better choice.
There was a topic around here about 2.5" notebook HDD. Check that out.
The seagate 5400.6 has excellent benchmarks for a 5400 rpm drive. (they are posted on this website somewhere actually lol)
seagate 5400 is a great drive, going to a 7200 is a great move because the cost difference is so small you would be happy with the 320 or the 500. whichever size you think u want always go bigger and you should be able to find a 500gb for 105 to 120 dollars.
i have the 320 batt life change is negligible, heck u buy my 320 and i buy 500 in a second, and if large size size ssd's get to a great price point, say goodbye to hdd's forever
seagate 5400 is a great drive, going to a 7200 is a great move because the cost difference is so small you would be happy with the 320 or the 500. whichever size you think u want always go bigger and you should be able to find a 500gb for 105 to 120 dollars.
i have the 320 batt life change is negligible, heck u buy my 320 and i buy 500 in a second, and if large size size ssd's get to a great price point, say goodbye to hdd's forever
SSDs are outragously expensive
This one doesn't look too bad
http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/pro … s_id=42163
Although it's $100 than I originally planned. It will last me forever though
007 - mr bond that is- that is one sweet drive - you cannot go wrong with it western is as good as seagate and i think their warranty is 5 yrs vs 3 years for seagate. interesting note i have never had a hdd fail on me, if they last 30-90 days, they will last forever, or until your computer is obsolete. i had a p3 that i used for about 15 years.
if you like the western - BUY IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!! 
have no fear!!
is it stirred or shaken?
Difference between western digital and seagate warranties is 5 years vs 3 but the seagate warranty is for the exact model drive and the western digital is for a drive of "similar performance characteristics with identical storage" which is important when using hardware raids as performance differences between drives can yield data corruption or performance decreases depending on how good the controller is at sorting and buffering the data.
seagates warranty is better for consumers wd;s is better for business clients.
Also be aware of the bottleneck on the intel 945GSE motherboard that our n10s use. The ssd's wont reach anywhere near the maximum rated speed on our units and some of the 7200 rpm drives can reach it also.
And ssd's dont last"forever" they have an average life expectancy listed in the number of times a particular "cell" of flash can be written on. It's sort of like a dvdrw you can only rewrite it so long before it fails. Usually its in the 5-10 year range but certain types of flash memory can be lower. If you see good deals on ssd's make sure you check the performance charictaristcs between MLC and SLC and the average life expectancy of the memory.
Happy shopping.
thanks for all the input.
I second that, that they pretty much last forever. I too have had systems where the hard disk is yet to fail. Power supplies are usually the ones that fail first, IMO. I'll see if I can order one soon. (as soon as my pay comes through, they are slow at processing it )
I might use the old 160GB as a portable HDD, just get a small enclosure and all.
Thanks again.
that is exactly what i did put my 160 in a coolmax case enclosure that also came with a zip enclosure and the usb power cord for 20 dollars @frys electronics, i use to image my hdd
Difference between western digital and seagate warranties is 5 years vs 3 but the seagate warranty is for the exact model drive and the western digital is for a drive of "similar performance characteristics with identical storage" which is important when using hardware raids as performance differences between drives can yield data corruption or performance decreases depending on how good the controller is at sorting and buffering the data.
seagates warranty is better for consumers wd;s is better for business clients.
Also be aware of the bottleneck on the intel 945GSE motherboard that our n10s use. The ssd's wont reach anywhere near the maximum rated speed on our units and some of the 7200 rpm drives can reach it also.
And ssd's dont last"forever" they have an average life expectancy listed in the number of times a particular "cell" of flash can be written on. It's sort of like a dvdrw you can only rewrite it so long before it fails. Usually its in the 5-10 year range but certain types of flash memory can be lower. If you see good deals on ssd's make sure you check the performance charictaristcs between MLC and SLC and the average life expectancy of the memory.
Happy shopping.
Yes, if you are talking about sequential read/write, you won't reach the maximum read/write speed of the SSD. But remember, it is not sequential write/read that makes SSD fast, it's the access time and also small file read/write like 4kB. That makes SSD much faster in real life scenerio.
Well I summed up my options. I decided that I didn't really need 500GB. Also I wanted to grab a HDD from a Seagate FreeAgent Go and some of the 500GB versions used a Samsung disk. Not what I would want.
Bought a Seagate FreeAgent Go 320GB for AU$90.25 
Took out the disk. Very easy, just pry the top off and pull the disk out.
Re-imaged it with the 320GB (5400RPM) disk in my N10.
Built-in windows tools made it easy as pie.
The first thing I noticed was that it my N10 has become a lot snappier. I haven't run any defrag yet so it might be even quicker.
I can't comment on battery life as yet but both the disks were rated at the same current (yes I realise this is the max current draw but I assume they would use a similar amount of power).
Overall very happy. And I also now have a 160GB portable HDD.
P.S It is VERY hard to find any Seagate 500GB 5400RPM drives. Pretty much every shop sells them as soon as they get them in the shop, so if you plan on getting one in the Melbourne area make sure you find out when their stock comes in and buy ASAP.
I just swapped the initial HItachi 160GB hdd for a seagate momentus 7200.4 250 gb hdd and boy... I still can't believe have the vibration level under palm went out of the charts. Other than that I am guessing the recent performance enhancement I have is due to this (I also finally got 2gb Ram added). But I kinda have the feeling that even the flash streaming which is the only downer for this babe got a little better
I just swapped the initial HItachi 160GB hdd for a seagate momentus 7200.4 250 gb hdd and boy... I still can't believe have the vibration level under palm went out of the charts. Other than that I am guessing the recent performance enhancement I have is due to this (I also finally got 2gb Ram added). But I kinda have the feeling that even the flash streaming which is the only downer for this babe got a little better
I noticed the vibration too. It seems a bit louder on idle than the stock. Small price to pay though.
Personally I would have went for the hitachi 7k500 or the new hybrid seagate drive. Benches about the same as a Vraptor for about half the price after it learns your usage patterns.
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