- Aug 21, 2013
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I've got an Asus N53SV-XR1 laptop that came with a Western Digital HD with specs of 640GB, 5400 RPM, 8MB Cache, SATA 3.0Gb/s. The laptop runs somewhat slow for my liking, although I have done multiple thorough scans to ensure that there's no malware or anything else slowing it down. I've also tried to keep the system clean of applications I don't use and regularly run the defrag program. The laptop has 8 GB RAM so that's not a bottleneck at all.
Would it be worth my while to to go ahead and upgrade to a 7200 RPM HD with a larger cache? I'm not certain upgrading to 6.0 Gb/s will make a difference as I don't know that the laptop will be able to utilize the additional speed. Or, will the probable difference in performance between a new HD and the old one not really be worth spending money on? If upgrading wouldn't really be that big of a difference, should I expect a reasonable gain in performance by wiping the HD and doing a fresh OS reinstall?
For the record, I'm not looking to upgrade to an SSD or a hybrid drive at this time, I am thinking strictly upgrading to a 1 TB HD and as mentioned some upgraded specs from what I currently have.
Would it be worth my while to to go ahead and upgrade to a 7200 RPM HD with a larger cache? I'm not certain upgrading to 6.0 Gb/s will make a difference as I don't know that the laptop will be able to utilize the additional speed. Or, will the probable difference in performance between a new HD and the old one not really be worth spending money on? If upgrading wouldn't really be that big of a difference, should I expect a reasonable gain in performance by wiping the HD and doing a fresh OS reinstall?
For the record, I'm not looking to upgrade to an SSD or a hybrid drive at this time, I am thinking strictly upgrading to a 1 TB HD and as mentioned some upgraded specs from what I currently have.
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