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60GB 7200 or 100GB 5400?

post #1 of 23
1/27/06 at 1:06am
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what do you guys think?
60GB 7200 or 100GB 5400?
for game and some small video editing?
I will also attach a 250GB USB 2 HD 8 meg buffer and 7200 RPM
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post #2 of 23
1/27/06 at 2:07am
Personally I would go with the 7200rpm since you will have plenty of space on the 250gig if and when your lappy drive gets full. For games, the 7200rpm will really help with loading. As well as saving photos/videos and with your bootup time.
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post #3 of 23
1/27/06 at 2:52am
100 gb imo. The difference between the 5400 and 7200 isnt really that noticeable unless you do heavy video editing work. 60gb will poof before you know it, and after applications, restore partition (if you keep it), windows xp, system restore, hibernation space, etc., you'll probably have less than 40 gigs free if you chose the 60gb drive. Not to mention that many games nowadays take up 4gb+ space! Wont be able to do much video editing with what's left of that

Edit: Didnt see the part where you said you were attaching external drives. My point still stands though. It really depends on how much video work you do and how serious it is. It wont make a huge difference for gaming.
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post #4 of 23
1/27/06 at 2:13pm
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Originally Posted by cyberma007
what do you guys think?
60GB 7200 or 100GB 5400?
for game and some small video editing?
I will also attach a 250GB USB 2 HD 8 meg buffer and 7200 RPM
I'd go for the 100GB. It will consume less power, put out less heat and run at almost the same speed. I've noticed that my desktop 7200's heat up quite nicely compared to my older 5400's.
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post #5 of 23
1/27/06 at 2:34pm
That's very strange! Which Dell site are your ordering your I9400 from?
From the Dell Australia [or Asia Pacific] site, I can configure my HDD to be the 100 Gb Ultra ATA 7200 RPM Performance Hard Drive over the 100 Gb 5400 RPM HDD for an extra $68.20 AUD.

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post #6 of 23
1/27/06 at 7:25pm
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Originally Posted by Weaser
I'd go for the 100GB. It will consume less power, put out less heat and run at almost the same speed. I've noticed that my desktop 7200's heat up quite nicely compared to my older 5400's.
I would go with the 100gig
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post #7 of 23
1/27/06 at 7:52pm
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Originally Posted by LouPoir
I would go with the 100gig

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post #8 of 23
1/27/06 at 7:55pm
if it were an 80gb 5400 drive, id go with the 60gb 7200.

but its 100gb!!!! get it, you wont notice a difference at all. and you have +40gb!!!!
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post #9 of 23
1/27/06 at 7:57pm
I've had a 60GB 7200RPM and now have a 100GB 5400RPM and I can't tell the difference speed-wise, but the 100GB is quieter.
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post #10 of 23
1/28/06 at 3:08pm
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is the 5400 100gb fast enough to load the games? without dragging a lot?
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post #11 of 23
1/28/06 at 4:17pm
5400 is very adequate for gaming.
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post #12 of 23
1/28/06 at 4:58pm
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so it is enough speed you think, it will not make everything load slow.
I am thinking to load game from extrenal HD
USB 2
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post #13 of 23
1/28/06 at 5:47pm
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Originally Posted by chevyrulz099
if it were an 80gb 5400 drive, id go with the 60gb 7200.

but its 100gb!!!! get it, you wont notice a difference at all. and you have +40gb!!!!
I don't understand. If you won't notice a difference, then why would you get the 60gb 7200 vs the 80gb 5400. Your different answer between the 80 and 100 make it seem like you *would* notice a difference, but now it would be outweighed by the extra 20gb.
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post #14 of 23
1/28/06 at 6:07pm
It depends on which model you get and what you are doing with your notebook.
For nomal work a 5.4 is very good, cool and quite.
If it is an very fast new seagate 5.4 momentus, also ok, but the cheap slow fujitsu disks in DELL notebooks, which are the slowest you can buy, are a big difference for some apps, which are writing/reading big chunks or files to disk or heavy disk I/O.
I've had in my old Sony VAIO first a slow 4.2, then a 5.4. No big difference and then a 7.2 for some working on linux with tomcat, java, opencms. The 7.2 kicks all, sure.

Marcus
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post #15 of 23
1/29/06 at 12:23am
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Originally Posted by tuxrunner
It depends on which model you get and what you are doing with your notebook... but the cheap slow fujitsu disks in DELL notebooks, which are the slowest you can buy, are a big difference for some apps, which are writing/reading big chunks or files to disk or heavy disk I/O.
The hard drive that came with my 9400 is a Toshiba MK1032GSX, very quiet and fast. I wouldnt know it was reading if it wasnt for the HDD led. But yes, it depends mainly what you're going to do with your notebook. For games, you're fine with the 5400 and the extra space is nice. If you do a lot of video editing and dont have a desktop computer to do most of that work on, then a larger 7200 drive is needed. 60gb hd is way too small for serious video editing anyways.

http://www.toshiba-europe.com/storag..._Datasheet.pdf

http://www.ukgamer.com/article.php4?id=243&page=1
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post #16 of 23
1/29/06 at 5:58am
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Originally Posted by Sydney_bristow
The hard drive that came with my 9400 is a Toshiba MK1032GSX, very quiet and fast. I wouldnt know it was reading if it wasnt for the HDD led. But yes, it depends mainly what you're going to do with your notebook.
A MK1032GSX? Cool! I hope wil get also a toshi.

Marcus
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post #17 of 23
1/29/06 at 6:08am
I also bought the 9400 and choose the 80Gb 7200rpm and not 5400.
It's a Desktop replacement system, and I think the notebook has to last for several years. you never know what you will doing in the future.

So for me a 7200rpm.

Lemke
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post #18 of 23
1/29/06 at 6:57am
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Originally Posted by Lemke
I also bought the 9400 and choose the 80Gb 7200rpm and not 5400.
It's a Desktop replacement system, and I think the notebook has to last for several years. you never know what you will doing in the future.
And now the magic question: "Which model you get?"

Marcus
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post #19 of 23
1/29/06 at 8:27am
This one:

Inspiron 9400 Duo Processor T2400 (1,83 Ghz)
* 17" Ultra sharp WUXGA (1920x1200) Truelife
* Carbon Fiber Snap-on LCD cover
* 1024Mb 667Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
* 80Gb 7200rpm SATA
* 8x DVD+/- RW drive
* 9cell Battery
* 256Mb Geforce 7800 Go Graphic Card
* Intel Pro WLAN 3945 Internal Wireless (802.11 a/b/g 54Mbps) for Duo processor
* TrueMobile 350 Internal bluetooth module
* Carryingcase
* 3 year At home service NBD
* MS MCE, Works, DVD Cyberlink, Record Now, Mcfee suite subscription 1,5 year
* of course a DVI, 5in1 Card reader, firewire, USB2 poorten, ... the usual stuff.

Only thing was, they called me back for the memory. 667Mhz was difficult to deliver and could take some time. They suggested 553Mhz memory for 50 Euro less. Not sure yet if my performance suffer a lot?

Can always buy new memory later of course.

Greetz
Lemke
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post #20 of 23
1/29/06 at 8:53am
Just to be clear, the system is ordered.
model of the HD ... the best one I hope
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