I'm looking for a new harddrive but i've got a few unknows i need some help with !!!
What is the fastest harddrive to go for?
Is it worth me upgrading from the IDE connection at all! Will i see a noticable improvement (i use the PC for Digital Movie editing and gaming manily)
SATA2 is the fastest conection at 300Mbit/s but my MB only supports 150Mbit/s SATA1, if i go for the latest drives with SATA2 (so that if i upgrade my MB later it can utilise this higher speed) will it still work with the SATA1 on my current MB?
Will going for a higher rpm (over 7200) make much difference?
How important is the Cache size for overall speed of the harddrive?
Should i only stick with a well known brand e.g. Western Digital?
Thanks
2007-02-23 04:52:39 · 9 answers · asked by jbenny1 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
The fastest hard drive is made by Fujitsu and runs at 15,000 RPM. Unfortunately it is an SCSI drive so you will need a special controller for it.
The fastest SATA hard drive is the Western Digital Raptor. It runs at 10,000 RPM. I don't own one personally but they are rather pricey and some people have told me they aren't fast enough to warrant the extra cost.
A 7200 RPM drive will function at the same speed regardless of IDE or SATA.
If your motherboard only support SATA1 then you may need to set a jumper on an SATA2 HD to get it to work properly.
Cache is important and if you are purchasing a 7200 RPM drive you should look for one with a 16MB cache. It will improve the speed of your drive.
You should only stick with good brands. Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate are the best. Seagates often have a 5 year warranty, WD is usually a 3 year., Maxtor is 1-3 years.
2007-02-23 05:01:03 · answer #1 · answered by taskr36 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rpm speed on the hard drive determines how fast the programs that are on it load up so the higher the rpm the faster then you have the Total memory most people settle for just 80GB which is a lot of space for some one not doing much gaming and music and videos, but if you do alot of media stuff I suggest you get at least a 160GB if not more
2007-02-23 05:00:21 · answer #2 · answered by vipergtsrk578 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
each software is pushed right away from the perplexing force, in case you have a 5200 RPM perplexing force it rather is going to be lots slower than a 7200 RPM, Or in case you have a Raptor it rather is over ten thousand RPM it rather is the quickest next to good state drives. As for memory it does help lots yet in particular for working dissimilar classes at as quickly as like a interest and Limewire.
2016-11-25 02:02:35 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you value your data, you will stick with Western Digital, in the past three days, I have had brand new Seagate and Maxtor drives go bad, I sent them back and replaced them with trusty Western Digital. I had a very old 20GB Western Digital drive sitting in my basement for about two or three years and I needed to backup some data, so I tried it and you know what... it worked, a three year old WD drive sitting in my basement (slightly damp) worked and it is still churning away six months later.
Seagate and Maxtor can't even make a decent new drive. As for your hard drive of choice, gamers prefer the Western Digital Raptor series of drives, it just depends on how much you want to spend, http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Order=PRICED&Page=1&N=0&Submit=ENE&Nty=1&Description=raptor&Ntk=all
2007-02-23 05:04:25 · answer #4 · answered by conradj213 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The highest speed I have seen is 15000 RPM. this might not be compatible with desktops. It will only probably work on a server
and I think that Seagate is the best company for hard disks cuz of their 5 year warranty
2007-02-23 07:00:19 · answer #5 · answered by sidprak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The faster hardrive the more money. Fast harddrives (10000+ rpms) are used to game so that nothing will go the least bit slow on your computer. If you aren't a hardcore gamer you might not want to get one of these. The best is to get what ever will work for your computer.
2007-02-23 07:31:51 · answer #6 · answered by The Master 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4200
5400
7200
go for 7200 speed turning
then you need buffer 8 meg
then seek time to get the info take the lower
then trasnfer rate form hard disk to main memory
after sata 10 000 rpm, nice... more $ but not much
then 15000 scsi,, and so and so
2007-02-23 05:01:56 · answer #7 · answered by Lala 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RPM speed is how many revolutions per minute it does. The slower one is, the slower the seek time. Plus, it also gets fast or slower depending on buffer size.
2007-02-23 08:14:16 · answer #8 · answered by Jeremy R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a Seagate or Western Digital Hard drive with 10,000 RPM.
Get at least a 250gb hard drive.
2007-02-23 05:15:08 · answer #9 · answered by bosox2312 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋