WD 300GB 10K RPM vs Seagate 500GB 7200RPM - Boot Drive

DragonBorn1511

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so I ALREADY own both these drives.

The brand isn't important to me, a from my experience seagate and WD are both very good.

I have 1 space left for a hard drive in my system.

one of these 2 drives will be my boot drive.

so my question is, how much quicker will 10K RPM be than 7200RPM for boot up time, and general usability of the computer systems, opening programs etc.

From my experience there's a noticeable difference between 5400RPM and 7200RPM.

Will the 10K RPM drive have a similar increase in performance than the difference between the 5400 and 7200?

Storage space isn't really the reason I'm asking this question (the extra 200GB will never get used on the 7200 due to my other drives) The reason I ask is, whichever drive I don't use, I will be selling and the 10K RPM is worth a lot more.

Cheers,

DragonBorn1511
 
For the "C" drive, the 10K raptor will be better.
The 10k rpm gives lower latency and results in faster random I/o.
That is what the os does mostly.
It was a great drive in it's time, but no longer.
You can buy them for $25 on ebay.

If you care about performance, buy a SSD.
The random performance is about 50X faster, and the sequential performance os 2-3X faster depending on your sata speed.
 

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For the C drive is the difference in 10k and 7200rpm gonna be noticeable? Plus here in the UK 10K are worth quite a bit, the 7200rpm is worth £10 the 10K is worth £30.

As for the SSD, I actually returned mine because I rarely use my PC.
 


Then I realize we are living in separate realms of existence. ;)

But to answer your question, performance gain similar to the 5400-7200 bump.