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post #21 of 31
3/29/06 at 5:35am
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Originally Posted by DarthPierce
yikes... that 160GB drive is only 4200 RPM
AFAIK, there are currently no 5400 or 7200 2.5inch drives of this capacity.
Also, I read somewhere that high capacity (or, more precisely, high density) improves the performance quite a bit due to reduced seek times, so that a 160GB 4200RPM drive may actually perform on the same level as a 80 GB 5400RPM drive.
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post #22 of 31
3/29/06 at 8:56am
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April 14 !

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post #23 of 31
3/29/06 at 9:00am
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4Gb RAM

7900 Go GS or GTX

Up to Core Duo T2600

4.2 cm thick
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17"
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post #24 of 31
3/29/06 at 10:26am
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Originally Posted by danton
AFAIK, there are currently no 5400 or 7200 2.5inch drives of this capacity.
Also, I read somewhere that high capacity (or, more precisely, high density) improves the performance quite a bit due to reduced seek times, so that a 160GB 4200RPM drive may actually perform on the same level as a 80 GB 5400RPM drive.
I've heard people say this to.... but when was the last time you saw a 300GB 7200 RPM drive outperform a 150GB Raptor

Heck, find me a 500GB 7200RPM drive that outperforms the 75GB raptor....

So much for areal density being more improtant than rotational speed.

(Also why enterprise HDs are high density rather than 15k RPM.... NOT) LOL
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post #25 of 31
3/29/06 at 10:46am
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Originally Posted by DarthPierce
I've heard people say this to.... but when was the last time you saw a 300GB 7200 RPM drive outperform a 150GB Raptor

Heck, find me a 500GB 7200RPM drive that outperforms the 75GB raptor....

So much for areal density being more improtant than rotational speed.

(Also why enterprise HDs are high density rather than 15k RPM.... NOT) LOL
From my experience with hard drives I would say that the most important thing in day-to-day usage is seek time and NOT peek transfer rate (which is directly related to RPM).
I once had a chance to compare 5400RPM Toshiba and 4200RPM Hitachi/IBM (both 2.5 inch, 60Gig drives). Hitachi killed Toshiba in all tests except raw sequential read test. So, it depends.
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post #26 of 31
3/29/06 at 11:11am
And I'll bet the one had 2 mb cache and one had 8mb cache. Not even a fair comparison.
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post #27 of 31
3/29/06 at 11:40am
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Originally Posted by operaman
And I'll bet the one had 2 mb cache and one had 8mb cache. Not even a fair comparison.
Nope, both 8Mb
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post #28 of 31
3/29/06 at 12:01pm
I must add that my experience with those notebook hard drives dates back to 2004. Current HDD models are probably more polished and don't suffer from bugs and sub-optimal performance of those earlier models.
I just tried to make a point that raw RPM speed is not everything.
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post #29 of 31
3/30/06 at 12:05am
YES, if the 9400 ends up with the 7900go, damnnnnn... Then again, that Toshiba looks pretty nice. If there's a good deal (less than $2000) for it, I'd grab it.
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post #30 of 31
3/30/06 at 12:24am
MarekS.
Would you consider toning down that gigantic orange signature line of yours just a tad? It makes reading through a thread a little tough.
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post #31 of 31
3/30/06 at 4:12am
I've never seen anywhere tests showing me that a high density drive equals the Raptor. It might come close-ish, but it's not in the same league really.

http://www.storagereview.com/article...500ADFD_5.html

Just so you understand. So no I'm not amazed by that 200gb drive at 4200. Even laptop 7200 drives are pale shadows to desktop 7200 drives (so far). There is a long way to go for performance and density does not do it alone.
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