Difference between 7200.10 and 7200.09

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As titled really,whats the difference between the Seagate 7200.10 and 7200.09 hard drives?I can get a 320gb 7200.10 for the same price as the 400gb 7200.09 so I'm asking is there any difference,if not I go for the larger capacity one.

Thanks
 
The 7200.10s use perpendicular recording so are faster (not too far behind Raptors for the most part) but if you are mainly using it for storage it will matter little so I'd just get the bigger drive.
 
Thats another thing at the moment I have a Seagate 7200.07 160gb hard drive, I'm not sure whether to use the new drive as storage or main one. How much faster would my system be if I bought and used the 7200.10 as main hard drive?
 
A lot of people seem to think that "Perpendicular Technology" is the sole reason for boosts in performance.
This is basically a means to an end - it is the only way to get past the current capacity issue.
If we weren't using Perpendicular writing we would be stuck at 750GB (I believe) capacity HD's.

The speed boost is mainly from the general advancement in drive technology.
 
the speed boost is mostly from the increased density of the platters, which is a direct result of perpendicular tech. Indeed that is the reason they are using it - to increase platter density
 
I guess I will probably go for the 7200.10 then and use it as a main drive so that my system will be a bit faster then. Will RAID be needed if I just use one as storage for movies,music,etc and one as main hard drive?
 
stoofa said:
A lot of people seem to think that "Perpendicular Technology" is the sole reason for boosts in performance.
This is basically a means to an end - it is the only way to get past the current capacity issue.
If we weren't using Perpendicular writing we would be stuck at 750GB (I believe) capacity HD's.

The speed boost is mainly from the general advancement in drive technology.
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My second post covers that, general advances will help, particularly over a drive that is 3 generations back in the Seagate hierarchy but as james.miller says perpendicular technology is the way to increase platter density and increased speed comes as a byproduct of this. I'm not sure if the above was aimed at me but since I was the only person other than jesta who had posted at the time I can only assume it was. :)
 
jesta said:
Plunged for the 320gb 7200.10 so hopefully I get one thats noisy as my PC is noisy enough as it is! :o
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OcUK just have the 500gb 7200.10 for 93.99 quid!!!
 
naro said:
OcUK just have the 500gb 7200.10 for 93.99 quid!!!
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Yeah, I wanted to get that but I don't have enough money atm,with me having driving lessons and all that. I got the 320gb for £60 so its not so bad.
 
aw.. thats kinda wasted.. this is a very good deal. a couple of weeks ago, they had the Western Digital WD5000AAKS for abt 84 quid but 3 yrs warranty instead of 5yrs by Seagate.

both are very good deal..
 
I will probs be regretting it later on tbh when my 320gb is running low :p
Image editing does take a lot of hard drive space! And hopefully will be doing an architecture course in Uni next year. That probs take up even more hard drive space! :o

As I'm not the type to back up all my files buying a 500gb one wouldn't be such a good idea as if it goes wrong I will lose all my files but if I got smaller hard drives I won't lose nearly everything!
 
haha...

you'll need to do a lot of CAD for architecture.. good luck!!! i think you storage space will increase exponentially!!! haha

good luck!!
 
jesta:

I have 2 x Seagate 200GB SATA 7200.7s, and also a couple of the 320GB Seagate SATA 7200.10s, I find that the 7200.10s are (depending upon cont.) 10-13MB/s faster (Average read in HD Tach) than the 7200.7s. :)
 
jbloggs said:
jesta:

I have 2 x Seagate 200GB SATA 7200.7s, and also a couple of the 320GB Seagate SATA 7200.10s, I find that the 7200.10s are (depending upon cont.) 10-13MB/s faster (Average read in HD Tach) than the 7200.7s. :)
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Thats not bad at all, looking forward to getting mine,my PC is in need of a reformat anyways! :p

Thanks for help everyone.
 
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