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Compatibility between 5400 and 7200 HDDs?
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| Srezic |
Hey guys, I have a 60 GB Western Digital 5400RPM HDD right now.
Its full, so i'm gonna get another one. But is it worth it to buy the 7200RPM kind? And will it even be compatible with the 5400RPM kind I have now?
I know a bit about computers, but its just the stupid like this that baffles me =P.
Any help will be appreciated. |
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| jonsimmonds |
| you dont need to worry about the rpm speed of the drives, that wont cause any issues at all, the isssue that affects hd compatbality is motherboard, as some older ones cant support larger drives, what motherboard do you have and what drive you looking at getting? |
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| MrSquirrel |
The 7200 rpm drives do tend to create more noise when they spin. But these days you can usually not even hear the drive spin over the fan noise.
If you are looking I am supremely happy with my 7200 rpm Seagate Barracuda. I would recommend them to anyone.
MrS |
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| jonsimmonds |
Yeah your board will safley accept up to 120 gig harddrive, of any speed. after that a bios update may be needed.
I use a 7200rpm (80gig) drive for my main drive (windows/linux (dual boot) and all program files and a data storage drive which is 5400rpm (60gig) where all mp3's documents etc are stored and i have had no performance issues. |
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| MrSquirrel |
The key number to look for is the "seek time" on the drive. The smaller the seek time, the better performance you are going to get. But this is all basically a moot point for 99% of computer users anyway. Disk access times are only really important for servers and for workstations that handle huge amounts of raw data continuously.
As far as the drive you are looking at goes, I would be a little leery of a drive that has no branding on it. I would go with something that has a manufacturer's warranty with it even if it costs a little more. But the vendor you linked to may have a better warranty (I have never heard of them before but I don;t buy hardware much except through a couple of specific suppliers).
If you have had no problems with a WD go with a WD...I use Seagate because I have had good luck with them.
Enjoy your new disc space whatever you do with it....I did the same thing, bought a second 60 GB drive when my 40 GB one started to fill up.
MrS |
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| Srezic |
Alright guys thanks for the info.
One last question though if anyones still reading...
If I just Make my old HDD(one i have now) slave, and the new one master, will I have to reinstall all the old because of the new windows installation on the new HDD? Or will it still work. I did it with my old computer, I just forget waht the hell I did hehehe. |
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| jonsimmonds |
If you plan on booting from the old drive still, I would suggest you leave the current drive as master and the newer one as slave.
It is possible to operate things the way you described, but i find its always best to have the boot drive as a master drive. |
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| Srezic |
| Alright, thanks a lot for the help guys. |
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| Dr. Cfire |
| The tip that I would give you is if you want to see any speed improvement from the 7200 hd you need to make that drive the master and the other the slave. Or place them on diffrent drive chains. |
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