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80 gb hard drive with 5400rpm or 80gb with 4200rpm.
which one is faster and good and which one is slower when it comes to laptop machines? th highter the RPM is the faster it opens the files? i am confused. help!

2006-12-24 10:47:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet Hardware Laptops & Notebooks

10 answers

Hi yes the RPM (revolutions per minute) means that it will access things faster, this is how fast the disc spins and usually the higher the RPM the hard drive motor will make little bit more noise cuz it has to have a bigger motor. 4200rpm with a lot of files and with windows xp on it will take a very long time compared to the one with 5400rpm or 7200rpm. Like even when you turn your laptop on and it boots it will take longer to load to windows xp if you use the slower one 4200rpm.

If you can, it is recommended to have a hard drive with 7200rpm for when windows vista comes out.

Like right now, the fastest ones are 10,000RPM they're mostly SCSI but you wouldn't want that cuz they're too expensive and only for desktops.

For now 7200rpm is very good.

2006-12-24 14:54:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Actually, a better way to put it is "the faster the disk spins, the faster it accesses data". How fast a file will open, depends entirely on how fragmented the file is through out the drive. In any case, you'd be better off with a faster RPM in a disk, but beware, faster spinning speeds equals to higher temperatures for the hard drive. You might want to research how will the heat dissipation system in your laptop handle the extra heat. Most newer laptops should be able to handle that OK... older laptops might have a little more difficulty handling the heat...

2006-12-24 11:01:07 · answer #2 · answered by Ramon R 2 · 0 0

It wouldn't really unless your main laptop drive is full up. There is probably a way of using it as RAM, that might help, but the best way is to remove things you don't need on your laptop. The CPU is also responsible for speed, yet that is virtually irreplaceable on a laptop. You could try formatting your hard drive if you don't mind having to back up everything you have.

2016-05-23 04:40:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yes the faster the hard drive, the faster it will open up files. The hard drive speed also helps to launch programs faster since that is where the code is stored.
Notice that desktop speeds are generally faster while laptop speeds slower due to the fact that laptops need to remain cooler.

2006-12-24 10:51:07 · answer #4 · answered by J A 2 · 0 0

Yes, the higher the RPM the easier it accesses files, so it will be faster to access and transfer files between your hard drive and a different type of media (all things being equal). i personally can sacrifice speed for space, since i love alot of space. 4200 is a noticable difference then 5400, but it is usable. The question is, do you want stuff to open faster and possibly transfer faster, or do you want more space to store stuff>

2006-12-24 10:51:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I think you answered your own question. The faster the RPM the faster it reads/writes etc. 5400rpm would be best

2006-12-24 10:49:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yes, the higher the RPM the faster, RPM stands for Round per minute.

You can either have more storage or faster read and write times.

Cheers!

2006-12-24 10:48:56 · answer #7 · answered by Antil0ck 4 · 0 1

The faster the disk spins, reduces the access time. 5400RPM is generally better.

In reference to Santos' answer RPM stands for Revolutions per Minute.

2006-12-24 10:49:44 · answer #8 · answered by Shawn H 6 · 1 0

faster rpm provides shorter access time. the bit the read head is trying to read passes under it more quickly

2006-12-24 10:48:55 · answer #9 · answered by Dashes 6 · 0 0

its depend upon the RAM which u r using..
ur HDD should have the sufficent RAM ..
that will work great buddy

2006-12-24 11:10:18 · answer #10 · answered by sankar deep 1 · 0 0

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