I'm wondering if you could put a quantitative measure (how much % faster) on performance between the two (the particular case being the 100 GB SATA 5400 RPM versus the 7200 RPM on the T60)?
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Prince_Phoenix Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer
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7200-5400=1800----->1800/7200=.25---->.25*100=25%
what kind of performance? write speeds? Read speeds? Seek time? What applications? etc... -
brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso
I can't, but I can tell you that throughput will be about the same between the two (5400RPM drives use higher-density platters) but access time will be much better on the 7200RPM drives. When given a choice I'll buy 7200RPM, if the price isn't too much higher, but last time around I kept the 5400RPM drives my notebook came with and I haven't missed my 7200RPM Hitachi 7K60 all that much. Then again, my 5400RPM drives are a generation newer than that 7K60.
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From everthing I have read, there will be a difference, but it is not as extreme as the 25% suggested. I went with the 5400 drive, since it was $100 I can spend elswhere.
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oh yea, sorry to mislead about 25%....thats just the increase in spin rate performance. Real benchmarks need more information, and real world performance only differs in shorter load times.
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youre definitely not going to see a 25% increase in speed, but it's noticably quicker booting windows and accessing files.
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around 10% overall increase.
5400 to 7200 is not a big difference, unlike the 4200>5400 (around 25%) -
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Is there an increase in noise or heat with the 7200RPM drives over the 5400?
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I never noticed anything significant. There is a slight gain in noise and heat as well as a small drop in battery life, but you'd more than likely be hard pressed to actually notice the difference.
7200 RPM versus 5400 RPM?
Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Prince_Phoenix, Aug 15, 2006.