Hard drive Speed

jjohnston · 09-29-2004, 01:19 AM

I am looking at building my own Gaming computer. I am deciding on a HDD. I am pretty sure I'm going to go SATA but don't know what RPM. 7200 or 10k. the 10k has a seek time of 5.2msec and the 7200 seek time is <9.5msec. Any suggestions? the rest of my computer will be 3.0ghz P4 with HT, 2x512mb 400mhz DDR Memory, the new Nvidia 6800 Graphics card. SoundBlaster Audigy sound. Any suggestions?

jjohnston · 09-30-2004, 11:44 PM

any one... any one... Bueller... Bueller...

Ace1627 · 09-30-2004, 11:54 PM

Doesn't really matter. All really on how much you want to spend. You won't notice any difference between the 7200 and 10000 if you are just playing games. Hope this helps.

kof2000 · 10-01-2004, 12:10 AM

with a 10,000 rpm drive you'll install xp in around 10minutes. u will notice the difference. if you want best stuffs go with a scsi 15,000rpm drive.

4W4K3 · 10-01-2004, 12:13 AM

i've used a 7200RPM drive for almost 2 yrs now. plenty fast enough for me. it doesnt matter in the slightest how fast XP installs to me, it's not like i do it every week. but if that kind of stuff matters to you, a 10K-15K RPM will be very fast (and also a nice chunk out of your wallet.)

kof2000 · 10-01-2004, 01:18 PM

7200rpm is okay for storage for me but for a boot drive i use 10k-15k since the os and all the apps and settings are running from that drive i'll want the faster drive installed stuff there.

**Praetor** · 10-01-2004, 05:47 PM

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with a 10,000 rpm drive you'll install xp in around 10minutes.

Only if you spend the time to copy the CD to the HDD before hand. Having a faster drive wont matter jack if you install via CD.

09-29-2004, 01:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
jjohnston New Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Age: 28 Posts: 18	Hard drive Speed I am looking at building my own Gaming computer. I am deciding on a HDD. I am pretty sure I'm going to go SATA but don't know what RPM. 7200 or 10k. the 10k has a seek time of 5.2msec and the 7200 seek time is <9.5msec. Any suggestions? the rest of my computer will be 3.0ghz P4 with HT, 2x512mb 400mhz DDR Memory, the new Nvidia 6800 Graphics card. SoundBlaster Audigy sound. Any suggestions?

09-30-2004, 11:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ace1627 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 156	Doesn't really matter. All really on how much you want to spend. You won't notice any difference between the 7200 and 10000 if you are just playing games. Hope this helps. __________________ Gotta have the supercomputer. 99.2

10-01-2004, 12:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
kof2000 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oahu Age: 27 Posts: 6,273	with a 10,000 rpm drive you'll install xp in around 10minutes. u will notice the difference. if you want best stuffs go with a scsi 15,000rpm drive. __________________ QX9650@4.2 swiftech \|9600@3.0 9700 nt 780i \| 790fx 8gb ddr1200 \| 8gb ddr1200 2x150gb 3x1tb \|2x250gb 3x8800gtx \|3x2900xt 1gb 2x20xdvdrw \|2x20xdvdrw 15in1 card reader \|15in1 card reader ng15/g9 \|ng15/g9 1200w psu \|1200w psu 2x28" LCD \|2x28" LCD

10-01-2004, 12:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
4W4K3 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 20 Posts: 6,886	i've used a 7200RPM drive for almost 2 yrs now. plenty fast enough for me. it doesnt matter in the slightest how fast XP installs to me, it's not like i do it every week. but if that kind of stuff matters to you, a 10K-15K RPM will be very fast (and also a nice chunk out of your wallet.) __________________ My Computer I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe. Can I eat your brain? FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

10-01-2004, 01:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
kof2000 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oahu Age: 27 Posts: 6,273	7200rpm is okay for storage for me but for a boot drive i use 10k-15k since the os and all the apps and settings are running from that drive i'll want the faster drive installed stuff there. __________________ QX9650@4.2 swiftech \|9600@3.0 9700 nt 780i \| 790fx 8gb ddr1200 \| 8gb ddr1200 2x150gb 3x1tb \|2x250gb 3x8800gtx \|3x2900xt 1gb 2x20xdvdrw \|2x20xdvdrw 15in1 card reader \|15in1 card reader ng15/g9 \|ng15/g9 1200w psu \|1200w psu 2x28" LCD \|2x28" LCD

09-30-2004, 11:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
jjohnston New Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Age: 28 Posts: 18	any one... any one... Bueller... Bueller...

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