7200 vs 10000

[vmartelle]

What is better in rpms? I have found a few drives that are similiar in price, both have either 7200 or 10000 rpm.

 

[alvine]

well 10k rpm spins faster than the 7.2k rpms...10k drives are faster but they are louder and more expensive
if you want a 10k rpm drive look up into wd velociraptors

 

[dudewitbow]

the higher rpm the better, expect that 10k rpm drives offer verry little performance boost for the price(as its increasing into hybrid sshdd zone prices.

 

[vmartelle]

is it a lot louder?

 

[vmartelle]

hmm

 

[babernet_1]

I was a huge WD Velocoraptor fan. But the new SSD's gobble the raptors for breakfast. Just get a cheapie HDD to hold your music and stuff, and a 128GB or larger SSD for Windows and your games and you will be optimized.

 

[abbadon_34]

is it a lot louder?

No, I doubt you'll hear much with the case closed and the cpu/gpu fans.

I'm with babernet, I love the Raptors, bought every one from 74GB to the 300GB, (along with tons of normal drives) but I skipped the latest for a PCI-E SSD for boot, and when my scatch disk died I replaced it with a SSD.

 

[mesab66]

Depending on what you want to do with it you might want to consider an SSD considering their current prices.