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| n00b of the year Joined: Jun 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 05:41 AM Location: Canadaland :) Posts: 4,907
Car: 1995 Nissan 240SX Rep Power: 45 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I'm running out of space pretty quickly on my 80GB drive and I need to upgrade it pretty soon, so I figure might as well get something faster while I'm at it. I've never used a 7200RPM hard drive in a notebook and I'm concerned about heat. I currently have a 5400RPM drive in my HP Compaq nc8430, which runs between 32 and 37 degress Celsius pretty consistently, even under heavy load. Will a 7200RPM drive run a whole lot hotter? Is the risk worth the performance gain? |
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| D: | It will run probably slightly hotter and will more than likely reduce your battery life
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| Heat is always a concern, but loss of battery life seems to be a much bigger issue. I think right now a 5200rpm drive is a good trade-off. Just my 2 cents though.
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| Lazy Head Dude | Get an external?
__________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 |
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| Joined: Jun 30th, 2005 Last Online: 05:28 AM Location: NYC Posts: 3,090
Rep Power: 35 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | It will take more battery life, but considering that IO is the slowest part of a modern computer... I went with a 7.2krpm drive on my laptop.
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| Joined: Oct 31st, 2007 Last Online: December 30th, 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 102
Car: G35 Sedan Rep Power: 9 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | it does not affect it that much |
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| n00b of the year Joined: Jun 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 05:41 AM Location: Canadaland :) Posts: 4,907
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| Lazy Head Dude | You're carrying around a heavy laptop but can't also carry a hard drive that's 3x5" and weighs 0.3 lbs?
__________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 |
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| n00b of the year Joined: Jun 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 05:41 AM Location: Canadaland :) Posts: 4,907
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Drives are so cheap that you'll get more for your buck going this route. However, a bigger internal drive would be nice (though you still should have a solid backup solution). When I purchased my current computer, I avoided the 200gig option because it was on a slower drive, but also wasn't sad to be missing the 7200rpm drive. I'm on power most of the time, but this computer is hot enough as is, and battery life is quite excellent. The space limitation of notebook drives does suck when you are using a notebook for your primary computer, but I've realized that I don't need all my data with me at all times, so a good external drive to put all my "sometimes used" data on makes a good amount of sense to me. Now, if you wanna go geeky, get a solid state drive. No major power issues and should be much cooler. ![]()
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| i am regretting getting a 7200rpm HDD my laptop gets really hot and sucks my battery life
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| n00b of the year Joined: Jun 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 05:41 AM Location: Canadaland :) Posts: 4,907
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![]() Seriously, just take your budget, and buy the biggest drive you can. Or if you want a 7200rpm drive, get the biggest you can in that speed and budget. Based on the information given, you won't suffer by having a faster drive.
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| Do not get an external drive...unless you like losing all your data. I had one of those slim WD Passport drives, put all my music on it. One day it slipped from a coffee table a foot of the ground and fell on hard surface. Dead. I'm currently using the 5400 in my Dell and it sucks. Compared to the 7200 in my desktop it is a lot slower, especially when I try to copy files. How much do you care about battery life anyways? Just get a bigger battery. I'm going to change my POS 6 cell very soon. | |
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__________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 | |
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| I do have the originals somewhere around. But that's a whole lotta ripping ![]() I knew hard drives are delicate machinery, but that was hardly a big drop. They are supposed to have drop sensors and some cushoning inside. | |
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| The Sudden Motion Sensor you speak of is not built into the drive, from my understanding, but built elsewhere in the computer and then parks the HD head when it detects a drop. At least, that's how it's listed on my Mac's system properties.
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