Can you OC a HDD ?

[sepulvedajoseph94]

can you OC a HDD without having to put it in raid mode ? just wondering , and what i mean by OC is speeding up the read/writing.

 

[jasont78]

can you OC a HDD without having to put it in raid mode ? just wondering , and what i mean by OC is speeding up the read/writing.

no!

 

[Anub1s]

The HDD RW speed is limited by what connection type it supports, how it is connected to your motherboard and settings in the BIOS. RAID is a way to setup multiple disks in an array, not a way to spead up transfer rates. Look into AHCI, and see if it will work properly with your set up.

FYI, OC (OverClock) is a term that does not apply here.

 

[bigcyco1]

No you can only overclock certain memory certain cpu certain gpu but not hard drives.

 

[xtreme5]

the only thing is "MHz" which basically means frequency of some components, such as, CPU,RAM,GPU those things have frequency mechanism which could be overclock to get more better performanc, now if we turn to HDD this component does not have frequency it had RPM (revolution per minute) HDD should have fixed number of rpm's some HDD have 5200rpm,7200rpm and 10000rpm those rpm indicates how is your hdd platter speed for example if you have a HDD of 5200rpm this means your hdd platters can rotate 5200 times per minute, the more rpm the more better speed of data transfer so it is impossible to oc it you just think oc is the ssd of this hdd.

 

[masterjaw]

No, you cannot modify or override the physical limitations of a single HDD. You can only utilize a work around by doing RAID to improve performance.

 

[sepulvedajoseph94]

ahhh okay , thanks everyone . i dont know it just one of those things that i've wonder for a while now .

 

[xtreme5]

as i said in my above ssd is another generation of HDD which is much more faster than hdd think of it OC

 

[sepulvedajoseph94]

ahh i have and SSD and its really a great improvement in my computer . but i wanted to look if i can crank up the speed for a HDD .

 

[sepulvedajoseph94]

and yes xtreme i 100% understand what you mean . but like i said im just curious

 

[Dangi]

the only thing you can do is increase windows cache, it should be a bit faster

 

[xtreme5]

hmm, ask more if you are still unclear.

 

[jaguarskx]

I would probably modify the SATA power connector so that you can directly connect the hard drive to an A/C outlet. The 110 volt and 15 amps supplied directly to the hard drive should speed things up (assuming you are in the US).

 

[pacioli]

I would probably modify the SATA power connector so that you can directly connect the hard drive to an A/C outlet. The 110 volt and 15 amps supplied directly to the hard drive should speed things up (assuming you are in the US).

Best answer ever!

It would also be a good way to melt down the aluminum HDD chasis... LOL

 

[sepulvedajoseph94]

damn everyone getting all tech on me ... just wanted to ask thats all ....

 

[bigcyco1]

Nobody is trying to offend you mate only trying to school you and give you knowledge don't take it the wrong way it's not even like that.