Hard Drives

Downloader999 · 10-29-2005, 03:35 AM

I need a new hard drive for my thinkpad r31. right now im running a 20gb 4200rpm(i think). I was looking for a 80gb, 7200rpm but read somewhere that laptop cooling sux and not to run anything over 5400rpm. now im looking at a 60gb, 5400rpm, 8mb buffer for $100. will this provide noticable improvements in speed, or do the rpms really not do much? I move alot of data, mostly downloading, copying, movin stuff around (no video editing or anything). is this a good HD for my purposes? tips for buying HDs? thanx alot

10-29-2005, 03:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
Downloader999 Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 87	Hard Drives I need a new hard drive for my thinkpad r31. right now im running a 20gb 4200rpm(i think). I was looking for a 80gb, 7200rpm but read somewhere that laptop cooling sux and not to run anything over 5400rpm. now im looking at a 60gb, 5400rpm, 8mb buffer for $100. will this provide noticable improvements in speed, or do the rpms really not do much? I move alot of data, mostly downloading, copying, movin stuff around (no video editing or anything). is this a good HD for my purposes? tips for buying HDs? thanx alot

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