more capacity or more speed?

jp198780 · 07-11-2006, 08:48 AM

what would you prefer? a 10GB 7200RPM HD? or a 20GB 5400RPM HD?

fade2green514 · 07-11-2006, 08:56 AM

what kind of buffers do they have and such? personally i'd prefer the 20gb hard drive depending on what id be doing with the thing.

Arm_Pit · 07-11-2006, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by fade2green514

epending on what id be doing with the thing.

That would be it for me..... whats it running and wht are you doing with it...

You could always have both, and keep the OS on the 7200 rpm one.

jp198780 · 07-11-2006, 09:06 AM

the buffer size on the 20GB is 512KB, and the buffer on the 10 is, well i dont know the buffer size, i know that it's 8.5 ms, the 20GB is 8.9 ms.

jp198780 · 07-11-2006, 09:07 AM

Windows XP, and im looking 4 speed, i dont game, dont download songs, just e-mail, and surf the web.

[-0MEGA-] · 07-11-2006, 11:40 AM

What OS are you loading on? If XP I would go with the 5400RPM, if anything short I would go with the 7200RPM.

jp198780 · 07-11-2006, 01:07 PM

i want speed, but the HD 10GB's smaller, i only got 3.09GB's used, out of a 20GBHD, soo i could probrably use the 10GB, would i see a significant increase in speed?

[-0MEGA-] · 07-14-2006, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jp198780

i could probrably use the 10GB, would i see a significant increase in speed?

Yes you would, loading times would be shorter, and transfers will be quicker.

jp198780 · 07-14-2006, 03:21 AM

ok, cool, like i said, i hardly have anything on my computers, i have a 10GB in my Laitude, and i think theres only 6GB's used, maybe not even.

**Cromewell** · 07-14-2006, 10:42 AM

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just e-mail, and surf the web

then go with the less expensive one.

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and transfers will be quicker

yeah with all that blistering fast transfer speed you need when you surf the web...

Laptops surf and email as fast as anything else and they generally have a 5400RPM drive or even a 4200RPM

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jp198780 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Age: 18 Posts: 4,090	the buffer size on the 20GB is 512KB, and the buffer on the 10 is, well i dont know the buffer size, i know that it's 8.5 ms, the 20GB is 8.9 ms. __________________ My computer:Amd x2 4200+@2.20ghz 1gb ram 200gb 7200rpm hard drive X1950XT xp home

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jp198780 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Age: 18 Posts: 4,090	i want speed, but the HD 10GB's smaller, i only got 3.09GB's used, out of a 20GBHD, soo i could probrably use the 10GB, would i see a significant increase in speed? __________________ My computer:Amd x2 4200+@2.20ghz 1gb ram 200gb 7200rpm hard drive X1950XT xp home

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jp198780 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Age: 18 Posts: 4,090	ok, cool, like i said, i hardly have anything on my computers, i have a 10GB in my Laitude, and i think theres only 6GB's used, maybe not even. __________________ My computer:Amd x2 4200+@2.20ghz 1gb ram 200gb 7200rpm hard drive X1950XT xp home

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