2007-05-29 08:27:39 · 10 answers · asked by ladyrana 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
I'm looking to buy a external harddrive that is not slow to tranfer files back and forth.
2007-05-29 08:35:47 · update #1
Probably revolutions per miute. If youre talking harddrives, 5400 is standard, 7200 is upgraded and 10000 is high end. You should consider read time, write time, seek time and the size of the buffer too.
2007-05-29 08:31:20 · answer #1 · answered by Harrison H 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well I suppose you're talking about a Hard Drive's RPM rating. If you have a desktop the rating is 7200 RPM is the average ata the best pata/sata drive you can get is a raptor 10,000 RPM Drive then it goes up to 15000 RPM for a high end scsi drive. For a laptop hard drive it varies from 4200 to 5400 to 7200 is the highest. Basically it goes from normal to fast in desktops because of the 7200 RPM is very common the rest are faster but overkill for some. For a laptop I would stick with a 5400 unless you do video editing and stuff like this then get the 7200. Good Luck HTH.
2007-05-29 15:37:58 · answer #2 · answered by Joe K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for disk drives 7200 RPM is failry standard for desktops.
RPM is revolutions per minute. A more important figure is seek time , thats how long it takes the disk to position the read head .
The faster drive will transfer data faster. You may not notice it for normal activities like web browsing or text editing , but games can use it for fast action video.
2007-05-29 15:41:31 · answer #3 · answered by mark 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RPM is "revolutions per minute," the number of times a record revolves on a player or the number of times an engine turns over in the course of a minute. Since you haven't indicated what type of RPM you're referencing I can't answer properly beyond that.
2007-05-29 15:37:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
RPM = Revolutions Per Minute. On a hard drive 7200 rpm is fast. My hard drive on my PC. is 5400 rpm which seems plenty fast for me, but I see some of the other hard drives in the store's are 7200 rpm which are faster and respond faster. However you're PC probably has to support this faster hardrive or it will still run at the slower speed anyway.
2007-05-29 15:36:27 · answer #5 · answered by Jay 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
assuming you're talking harddrives..
RPM == Revolutions Per Minute.
for Desktop systems
SATA drives spin at 5400 == Slow
7200 == medium to fast
10000 == fast..
all it means is that seek times for reading/writing to the harddrive is affected.
2007-05-29 15:32:00 · answer #6 · answered by m34tba11 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll assume you are referring to computer hard drives. There are a few speeds popular today:
5400RPM found in most laptops
7200RPM found in most desktop computers
10,000RPM found in more advanced desktop computers.
The lower the speed, the longer it will take the computer to locate data when you try to access it on your system. If you are a gamer, the higher speeds make for quicker screen changes and better speed of the program. An average person who uses a computer for internet and email will not need to worry about these speeds because the time difference will be negligible.
2007-05-29 15:34:46 · answer #7 · answered by AnswerMan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RPM stands for revolutions per minute. 78 is the fastest, 45 is medium and 331/3 is the slowest.
2007-05-29 15:37:55 · answer #8 · answered by LINDA L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Revolution Per Minute.
Speed is relative.
Running your car's engine at 4,000rpm is fast and will shorten the life of it.
Running a jet engine at 120,000rpm is average.
The earth revolves around the sun at 1.9 x 10^-6 rpm.
2007-05-29 15:36:35 · answer #9 · answered by Dave B. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Revolutions per minute, 0 RPM SLOW, and anything 200 rpms and up your starting to move fast.
2007-05-29 15:36:08 · answer #10 · answered by jpnkc74 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋