Performance Increase From 5400RPM To 7200RPM HDD Worth It?

jbloggs · 17 Oct 2008 at 22:06

Just bought myself a Dell Inspirion 1525 today, and it is coming with a 250GB 5400RPM 2.5" HDD, would it be worth buying a 7200RPM HDD (ie. This) for improved performance, and how noticeable would the performance increase be?

Thanks..

oldbag · 17 Oct 2008 at 22:10

Very.

jbloggs · 17 Oct 2008 at 22:47

oldbag said:
Very.

Cheers...

Gilbretto · 18 Oct 2008 at 00:15

but will reduce the battery life...

jbloggs · 18 Oct 2008 at 02:54

Gilbretto said:
but will reduce the battery life...

Was just having a look at the electrical specs of the WD Scorpio Blue (5400rpm) and the WD Scorpio Black (7200rpm) and they appear to be almost the same...

I don't think the power consumption differences are anything to worry about.

ShakenNstirred · 18 Oct 2008 at 14:01

i did it to my laptop
very worth while

jbloggs · 19 Oct 2008 at 16:45

ShakenNstirred said:
i did it to my laptop
very worth while

From what I have read, it certainly does appear to be a very worthwhile upgrade....