Building a PC, does it matter what speed hard drive I use?

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Compatibility is not an issue, any SATA drive will work with any SATA board. 7200 rpm drives are faster, run hotter, louder and consume more energy than 5400 rpm drives so you chose according to that. For a fast system drive you get a 7200 rpm, for a storage drive in a living room PC you get a 5400 rpm one.
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drives now (mechanical ones.) the standard speed is 7200 rpm for pc builds. they do make slower ones but the 1tb 7200 you can find now for 50.00. all newer mb now have sata ports that the drive plugs into. sata drives have two speeds sata 6g and stat 3g. depending on the motherboard chipset and drivers the drive will run in one or the other speed. the biggest issue you have to look at the model of the drive and the defect rate per online reviews and vendor info. seagate at one point had bad firmware issues. the wd blues are the lowest wd drives and have a higher failure rate then the black drives.
 
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So I don't have to worry about the speed (7200 or 5400) not being compatible with my build. Rather you suggest looking at the defect rates of the actual hard drive. Is this what your saying? or did I misunderstand.
 
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Sgt_Sykes

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Compatibility is not an issue, any SATA drive will work with any SATA board. 7200 rpm drives are faster, run hotter, louder and consume more energy than 5400 rpm drives so you chose according to that. For a fast system drive you get a 7200 rpm, for a storage drive in a living room PC you get a 5400 rpm one.
 
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