5900 vs 7200 difference?

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I'm building a new computer and am going to be buying a 6Gb/s HD when prices fall. Since I will have a SSD for OS/Games, was going to buy a 5900rpm drive. Is there much difference in speed in comparision to 7200?

TY
 
There is roughly a 33% performance difference between a 5400rpm drive and a 7200rpm drive i.e faster data transfer.
Hope that helps.
 
There is roughly a 33% performance difference between a 5400rpm drive and a 7200rpm drive i.e faster data transfer.
Hope that helps.

That's very scientific of you :rolleyes:

You've divided 7200 by 5400 and come up with the answer of 1.333 recurring.

Spin speed isn't the only factor which determines data transfer rates.
 
I'm building a new computer and am going to be buying a 6Gb/s HD when prices fall. Since I will have a SSD for OS/Games, was going to buy a 5900rpm drive. Is there much difference in speed in comparision to 7200?

TY

You can buy a SATA 2 or SATA 3 HDD, the interface makes no difference.

HDD's only use about half the bandwidth of SATA 2 so adding a SATA 3 interface to them doesn't make them any faster at transferring data.

If you're after a good "green" drive here's one to consider:

Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Review

A fantastic bargain when they were less than £70.
 
@ DF1986

I politely pointed out that your logic was flawed and you choose to insult me.

Please edit your post and if you're grown up enough apologise.

If your logic is correct please explain the near identical performance of these drives:

2TB Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 5,400RPM:


2TB Western Digital Caviar Black 7,200RPM:
 
I thought so.
I myself went from a Sammy F1 1TB 7,200RPM drive to a 2TB Sammy F4 5,900 RPM drive, I notice the drive's a little slower when accessing stuff, but it's not exactly a deal breaker.
 
@Surveyor im not going to say sorry as it wasnt even an insult, since when is calling someone an anus an insult lol and there is a performance difference, access times, anyway, peaceout :p
 
@Surveyor im not going to say sorry as it wasnt even an insult, since when is calling someone an **** an insult lol and there is a performance difference, access times, anyway, peaceout :p

We'll have to disagree.

I think any right minded person being called what you said would take it as an insult.

And now you're backtracking on what you posted.

I don't see anything about access times in your post and it probably never even occurred to you until Martini1991 mentioned it.

You mentioned 33% performance difference and then linked it to faster data transfer.

There is roughly a 33% performance difference between a 5400rpm drive and a 7200rpm drive i.e faster data transfer.
Hope that helps.
 
You can buy a SATA 2 or SATA 3 HDD, the interface makes no difference.

HDD's only use about half the bandwidth of SATA 2 so adding a SATA 3 interface to them doesn't make them any faster at transferring data.

If you're after a good "green" drive here's one to consider:

Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Review

A fantastic bargain when they were less than £70.

Looked at that price and almost had a heart attack, so glad I got my HDDs before the prices skyrocketed.

@OP it depends on the drive, theres a lot more to hard drives than platter speed (controller, cache, platter density etc.). Also if it's just for storage than the speed won't make too much of a difference in 99% of cases.
 
wow forgot i started this thread, the drive would be for storage, so save money get a green 5900rpm drive and have a quiet pc :D
 
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