[Socer5]

I want to add more HDD space on my pc. I currently have 500gb. But I am wondering if I should pick up a 10000rpm HDD, and load my OS on it. Would that make a PC a bit faster. Or am I better off just picking up a huge 7200rpm HDD?



Thanks

Rich

[JaywalkerExtraordinaire]

It depends on how much space you'll use. If the drive is going to be close to full, then you'll get more benefit from bigger than from faster. If the 10,000 RPM drive is going to be mostly empty, then having the extra speed will offer the most benefit.

[coastie65]

Hey socer, With any Hdd, once you cross the 50% threshold you will start to see a decrease in performance as you add more to it, no matter what the speed of the Hdd. If you have a 500 Gb @ 7200 RPM and a 500Gb @ 10,000 RPM and they both have 80% free space, the 10,000 RPM will win out on performance. To try and compare the two is difficult because of all the variables involved. On paper, the 10,000 RPM Hdd's transfer rate should be faster. In practice, I don't really know as I have never used one..................yet. coastie

[snorg]

A seagate 1000rpm would be good and faster than 750rpm, i dont know if id trust a different brand.
Get a 1000GB hard drive would be nice.
What you wanna do is make 2 partitions on it.
Make 1st partition 20 or 30GB this is where you install windoze and your core programs cuz this is the fastest part of the drive.
The second partition is where you put less important programs, and other stuff like documents, multi media files & other stuff.

[Tech4me]

For now...You can't find any bigger than 300GB HDD with 10K Rpm ......Read these reviews..so you can have some ideas...:

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136260&cm[ummc=Eggxpert-[/u]-BlackFriday]

You have 2 choses....:

1/ More storage....but slower speed.......( 7200 RPM is not that bad.....but you can get up to 1TB storage)

2/ supper speed......but less storage ........( 300GB is enough for you......then get the 10K rpm)

IMO.....What the heck.....go for 10K...you be flying.......

[Socer5]

OK, so if I pick up a 1000rpm HDD I shouldn't load it with movies, but use it for just the OS and main programs. Well I was checking out the prices of the 10000rpm HDD and they are really high here in Korea. So it looks like I will be shopping for another 500gb or 750gb 7200rpm hdd

Thanks for the help guys!

I'm sure I will have a lot more questions as I upgrade my PC

Rich

[snorg]

ALSO it depends if your taking about IDE or SATA, a 7200 SATA is faster than a 10000 IDE.

[Tech4me]

Good morning Snorg...Looks like He only has SATA option..... www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136260
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[coastie65]

Good Morning Tech, Thanks for pointing out the size limit on the 10,000 RPM Hdd. I was using the 500 Gb as an example but was thinking the the 10,000 RPM Hdd size was limited. coastie

[Tech4me]

Good morning coastie. 500GB HDD is a big one....whats the speed for it ..?

[rgreen4]

I think the 10,000 RPM HD's are aimed at gamers who seek the latest and push specs to get the fastest speed. They are always upgrading their boards to get the fastest CPU possible and then overclocking it. All in the interest of speed.

If you are running normal operations on the machine, a 7,200 RPM HD which is the industry standard, would be more than adequate. You will pay more to get the 10K speed in $, heat and power draw. If you are loading the next module of a game, a second or two can be critical, but if your loading games that are all in memory, spreadsheets, or documents those few seconds won't matter.

It's kind of like do I buy the fastest engine in the Corvette for the $10,000 upcharge, or the second fastest and use the money for something else? It all depends on what you want to do with it, and only you know the relative value of the extra speed.

[coastie65]

Hey tech, I think 7200 RPM. I haven't seen any 10,000 RPM 500Gb Hdd's. I am not real sure of this, but I think they had a 9600 RPM Hdd briefly. Like you said, I think the max is 300 Gb on the 10,000 RPM Hdd.