Hard Drive Selection

[Guest]

I am the victim of conflicting information from friends &
associates. Please clarify.
I wish to upgrade my HD and any info on:
1/Life expectancy of 10000 vs 7200 vs 5400 rpm drives
2/Criteria to be used in selection.

gratefully acepted
Thank you

 

[blah]

And you are going to use the drive in the ... for the ... and as often as ... :?(

Post, we'll do the "search"...

 

[Arrow]

1. Higher RPM means lower life expectancy, but that shouldn't be a problem these days.
2. Speed, reliability, quietness, temperature...

Rob
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[NickM]

I think, when you're concerned about the rialability, think less about RpM but more about how good is your existing case cooling, or buyng a good aux coling. For example, multy-function ENR-001 Driver Rack with one or two 80 mm fans for your new harddrive.
I'm not talking about the necessarity of aux coling, but about the importance of it in comparison with RpM when concerned about reliability.
I keep in mind that some 5400-rpm drive ran hot in Tom's tests. And many years ago servers and warkstations started been equipped with snail-shape fan/blowers for harddrives.

Go with @ 7200 RpM unless 10000 comes.

 

[FatBurger]

Remember that the only 10k RPM drives are SCSI.

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[lhgpoobaa]

Nowerdays you cannot equate spindle rpm to life expectancy.
they are all around the same.
10,000 rpm drive are currently the sole domain of SCSI devices. = more costly.

different brands/models have differing community respect.
some people think WD drives die too often.
or there have been some recurring issues with the 30gig ibm 75gxp.

personally for all my home work & games i love my
IBM 40gig 60GXP. fast (7200rpm), efficient, runs cool and most important, runs QUIET. cant ask for more....
well maybe ask IBM to release a 10,000rpm IDE drive



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