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« on: December 06, 2004, 10:20:08 pm »
Many of the 10 000 RPM drives are upwards of $2.35 per GB vs a 7 200 RPM drive usually under $1 per GB. The question is, is there a true link between Hard drive RPM and increases in speed --> Specifically in Gaming.

Is there a true connection or is just BS?
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« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2004, 10:32:17 pm »
If it were up to me when buying a hard drive, I would buy the fastest available.  A 10k rpm drive is going to give you a speed increase in anything that accesses the hard drive for information.  Have you ever played a game on a laptop with a 5400 rpm drive and then played the same game on a desktop system with the exact same specs but with a regular 7200 rpm drive?  Big difference.  Seems like disk access takes forever.

It is a little pricey...but you get what you pay for.  Wink
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« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2004, 10:46:11 pm »
But if I need extra space but want, should I buy a second 7200 RPM drive with say 200GB over a 74GB 10000 RPM drive? Perhaps hold out until price on the HDs drops and then buy a higher RPM?
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« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2004, 11:08:28 pm »
Quote from: Mysterio on December 06, 2004, 10:46:11 pm
But if I need extra space but want, should I buy a second 7200 RPM drive with say 200GB over a 74GB 10000 RPM drive? Perhaps hold out until price on the HDs drops and then buy a higher RPM?

Well, a good rule of thumb is to buy as much space as you can afford.  If that means sticking with a 7200 rpm drive, then that is what you should do.  Personally, I would buy the fastest, but I have money to burn.
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« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2004, 11:11:09 pm »
Unfortunately 74GB is the highest Serial ATA 10000 RPM drive I could find... And this isn't my money... just say a wish list.
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« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2004, 11:18:20 pm »
Quote from: BTs_GhostSniper on December 06, 2004, 10:32:17 pm
If it were up to me when buying a hard drive, I would buy the fastest available.  A 10k rpm drive is going to give you a speed increase in anything that accesses the hard drive for information.  Have you ever played a game on a laptop with a 5400 rpm drive and then played the same game on a desktop system with the exact same specs but with a regular 7200 rpm drive?  Big difference.  Seems like disk access takes forever.

It is a little pricey...but you get what you pay for.  Wink

I play games on a laptop with a 4200RPM drive and notice no difference between that and the 7200 RPM drives on my desktops.
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« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2004, 05:57:10 pm »
Quote from: Typhy on December 06, 2004, 11:18:20 pm
I play games on a laptop with a 4200RPM drive and notice no difference between that and the 7200 RPM drives on my desktops.

Really?  Is your laptop and desktop the exact same specs?  Same processor, same processor speed, same RAM, same graphics card, etc?  Just asking, because when I had my iBook I had the exact same specs as my desktop and the iBook just seemed slower....and seemed to take longer to access the hard drive.  Maybe it's just me.  Now, I'm basing that more off of just doing general work like with Photoshop...I didn't play too many games on them.[/size]
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« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2004, 09:10:58 pm »
Blah Blah! I still will always hate any form of gaming on any form of laptop... plus it's bad for your health Wink
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« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2004, 10:33:13 pm »
lol how so
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« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2004, 10:51:19 pm »
I suggest you go to any news site and look under the latest news on "laptop"
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« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2004, 11:12:32 pm »
Laptops bake your boys....lol

On the plus side, we wont have to worry about little Typhy's running around GR... Shocked
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« Reply #11 on: December 12, 2004, 08:29:20 am »
That is why you set a book under your laptop when you have it on your lap. Otherwise the powerbook WILL burn your balls off.
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« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2004, 11:46:10 am »
a faster harddrive would certainly accelerate load times, where they are connected to the HD speed. but I don't think that you would see a major improvement if you buy a 10k drive over a 7.5k drive, except if you do some heavy photoshopping. PS very much depends on a fast harddrive.
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