I am going to order a dell inspiron 1520 soon and was just curious if i should get the 5400rpm hard drive or spend 50 dollars more and get the 7200rpm drive. Would there be a big difference. I will be doing a decent amount of gaming.
2007-08-02 04:34:05 · 9 answers · asked by Elliott B 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Geesh who do you buy your hardware from. You're getting hosed if your spending that much more on a hard drive just to move to a 7200rpm spindle speed.
Get your hardware online than from who you're pricing they are ripping you off.
2007-08-02 04:40:24 · answer #1 · answered by youngboy1606 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The difference between the two is the speed at which the hard drive spins. A faster speed (7200 RPM) is only good if you need to access data faster. Going by the fact that you are getting that laptop (not a high end gaming machine) the extra RPM isnt really worth the money. You will not need to access data on the hard drive that much faster so save your money.
2007-08-02 04:47:11 · answer #2 · answered by stanli121 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you are able to easily google the claimed circulate fee and frequent seek for for circumstances of the two drives, after which you have gotten your answer. Spin velocity is slightly one element in determining apersistent's primary overall performance. Hypothetically, if comparing 2 drives with same controllers and almost same certainly good factors (same volume, length and density of platters), the only spinning at 7200 rpm would be swifter. As for heat temperature dissipation, back, plenty is going into the great potential utilization and heat temperature circulate, yet confident, the 7200 rpm will many circumstances use extra beneficial potential and run slightly warmer than a 5400 rpmpersistent. which will count number upon a computer the region cooling suggestions are particularly constrained, yet on a working laptop or computer the warmth temperature located out via skill of yourpersistent is the least of your concerns and could be easily solved via skill of having a decently designed case and fan gadget.
2016-12-15 03:45:47 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does the drive speed really help with gaming? Most applications, be they games or word processors run out of RAM. The two primary reasons that the disk is accessed is to read/write data files (i.e. save/load your current position in a game) or for swap file space (because you don't have enough memory).
For game speed - invest in lots of RAM (2Gb plus) and a video adapter with lots of memory.
Having 7200rps drive doesn't hurt, but if your watching your pennies I'd invest in RAM before the rps of the HD.
2007-08-02 04:46:24 · answer #4 · answered by Fester Frump 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The disk is the slooowest piece of the memory system of your PC. Boosting the slowest bit by about 30% for $50 has got to be a bargain.
2007-08-02 04:39:15 · answer #5 · answered by bambamitsdead 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
7200 RPM only makes sense with SATA drives. Even the 100 mHz UDMA hard drives couldn't send data across the bus fast enough to justify 7200 RPMs, but SATA can take full advantage of the increased speed.
2007-08-02 04:58:41 · answer #6 · answered by Pfo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There will be a difference, worth $50 to me, but depends on what kind of games you play. If your getting a high to med-high end gaming system I would do it for sure.
2007-08-02 04:38:00 · answer #7 · answered by bullfrog192 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in general, you want the faster hard drive. It does make a difference especially in gaming.
2007-08-02 04:36:16 · answer #8 · answered by normanmoy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
theres about a 33 percent difference in speed, theoretically at least. if your gonna be gaming, the extra fifty is definately worth it.
2007-08-02 04:37:34 · answer #9 · answered by eevilcheese 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋