HD question

[bruinator]

IF 2 hd were 500GB in size. One of them RPM's is listed as 7200 RPM 16MB Cache and the other is listed as 5400 to 7200 RPM 16MB Cache, would I even notice the difference in RPM? Please let me know.

thx

 

[bruinator]

thx for all the opinions guys

 

[bruinator]

opinions plz

 

[pinaplex]

no, you wouldn't notice the RPMs. the 2nd drive sounds like a "green" drive. you won't be able to notice the difference in everything except a synthetic benchmark

 

[cjl]

Actually, the slower one would be noticeable in some apps - the lower RPM (it isn't variable, they just don't specify the exact RPM, which is somewhere between 5400 and 7200) means higher latency. For normal tasks, it wouldn't be terribly noticeable, but for applications that are really bottlenecked by the hard drive, it would definitely be a significant difference.

 

[Ignatowski]

the speed differences should only be noticable in databases, or other apps that do random reads from large files. or if you deal with thousands of small files like thumbnail galleries on a webserver where the drive is constantly seeking.