What is the difference between a desktop hard drive and a gaming hard drive?
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manofchalk
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To my knowledge there is no such thing as a "gaming" Hard Drive. I suspect the only "gaming" thing about it is what that companies marketing team came up with.
Can you give a link to the HDD's your comparing, that would help.
Can you give a link to the HDD's your comparing, that would help.
Arcanine300
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Gaming hard drives have a faster read/write times and are built for fast performance. They are also usually more expensive.
smorizio
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older drives used to be sold as av drives they used have a large cache file. some of the newer drives are hybrid drives there both part ssd and part hard drive. you have to google the part number to see if it a hybrid drive.
ssddx
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i've never heard of a "gaming" hard drive. not sure there really is any such thing.
hard drives can be divided up by a few factors..
size:
3.5" (desktop hard drives)
2.5"(laptop hard drives and ssd drives)
speed:
5200rpm (typically used in laptops. slow but power efficient)
7200.2rpm (the defacto standard for desktop hard drives)
10000rpm (high performance drives such as raptors)
15000rpm (scsi hard drives for servers and the like)
ssd (no spinning so no rpm... they are much faster than normal hdds)
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generally speaking a 7200.2 drive is good enough for gaming. there really isnt any point to put any games on a ssd or 10k raptor as you wont see any game performance increases except perhaps faster loading levels.
hard drives can be divided up by a few factors..
size:
3.5" (desktop hard drives)
2.5"(laptop hard drives and ssd drives)
speed:
5200rpm (typically used in laptops. slow but power efficient)
7200.2rpm (the defacto standard for desktop hard drives)
10000rpm (high performance drives such as raptors)
15000rpm (scsi hard drives for servers and the like)
ssd (no spinning so no rpm... they are much faster than normal hdds)
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generally speaking a 7200.2 drive is good enough for gaming. there really isnt any point to put any games on a ssd or 10k raptor as you wont see any game performance increases except perhaps faster loading levels.
ssddx
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hmm... dont see anything out of the ordinary there...
its odd how they show a pic of a console too in the photo but most of the drives are 3.5 not 2.5 inch. ps3 takes 2.5 inch laptop drives... not sure about xbox.
chalk it up to confusing marketing slogans of some sort.
its odd how they show a pic of a console too in the photo but most of the drives are 3.5 not 2.5 inch. ps3 takes 2.5 inch laptop drives... not sure about xbox.
chalk it up to confusing marketing slogans of some sort.
manofchalk
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Their just normal desktop drives, the ones they classify as "gaming" are just the performance oriented models of each lineup.
It looks more like a folder to me than a console, but the controller definitely gives the impression of a console. If you wanted to swap out a PS3/X360 HDD you would need a 2.5" drive which none of them are.
It looks more like a folder to me than a console, but the controller definitely gives the impression of a console. If you wanted to swap out a PS3/X360 HDD you would need a 2.5" drive which none of them are.
manofchalk
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The funny thing is you could probably call near all PSU's as "Gaming PSU's", its not like PCIe cables have much use for anything other than graphics cards :lol:
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