Western Digital WD5000AAKS - Increase speed?

Ol!ver · 15 Feb 2008 at 11:50

I know other manufacturers have a util that will allow you to decide between speed and noise. Do WD doe one similar? Had a gander at their download page and it doesn't mention anything.

Just got a WD5000AAKS, copying everything across to it at the mo.

Cheers

hp7909 · 15 Feb 2008 at 12:03

Found the IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool (here) allows you to change automatic acoustic management level on most make HDs including WD. With it set to off equals fastest performance.

Other than that nothing much more you can do apart from making sure running in SATAII (i.e. remove/insert necessary jumpers)

Ol!ver · 15 Feb 2008 at 12:05

hp7909 said:
Found the IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool (here) allows you to change automatic acoustic management level on most make HDs including WD. With it set to off equals fastest performance.

Other than that nothing much more you can do apart from making sure running in SATAII (i.e. remove/insert necessary jumpers)

Ah cheers, didn't realise you could use that.

musicman53 · 16 Feb 2008 at 11:06

hp7909 said:
Found the IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool (here) allows you to change automatic acoustic management level on most make HDs including WD. With it set to off equals fastest performance.

Other than that nothing much more you can do apart from making sure running in SATAII (i.e. remove/insert necessary jumpers)

For your information.........
there are no jumpers on SATA drives(400, 500Gb and up(WD)).

hp7909 · 17 Feb 2008 at 07:23

musicman53 said:
no jumpers on SATA drives(400, 500Gb and up(WD)).

Thanks for that update

Only WD I own is a 80GB SATAII & it has jumpers.

chaparral · 17 Feb 2008 at 10:56

Ol!ver said:
I know other manufacturers have a util that will allow you to decide between speed and noise. Do WD doe one similar? Had a gander at their download page and it doesn't mention anything.

Just got a WD5000AAKS, copying everything across to it at the mo.

Cheers

The WD500AAKS are very fast drives,,i don't think you be able to set it to a faster speed then they come at...

Richdog · 17 Feb 2008 at 10:58

chaparral said:
The WD500AAKS are very fast drives,,i don't think you be able to set it to a faster speed then they come at...

What he said wasn't that you can increase the theoretical performance... but that it comes with acoustic software hampering the overall performance, and this can be changed also via software so that the drive works faster. Geddit?

chaparral · 17 Feb 2008 at 11:11

Richdog said:
What he said wasn't that you can increase the theoretical performance... but that it comes with acoustic software hampering the overall performance, and this can be changed also via software so that the drive works faster. Geddit?

Harddrives run at there fastest with the acoustic management turned off.

Richdog · 17 Feb 2008 at 11:23

chaparral said:
Harddrives run at there fastest with the acoustic management turned off.

Yup... that's it...

chaparral · 17 Feb 2008 at 11:26

Richdog said:
Yup... that's it...

Which i said in my first post....

chaparral said:
i don't think you be able to set it to a faster speed then they come at...

Ol!ver · 17 Feb 2008 at 11:26

Richdog said:
Yup... that's it...

Well I turned it off

Not noticed any difference really in sound or speed, but it makes me feel better

I do like playing with stuff

Ol!ver · 17 Feb 2008 at 11:32

chaparral said:
Which i said in my first post....

It was turned on be default.

chaparral · 17 Feb 2008 at 11:35

Ol!ver said:
It was turned on be default.

OOps

i stand corrected...sorry richdog

I just ran this speed test on my own WD5000AAKS drive

Richdog · 17 Feb 2008 at 11:55

Your AKS 500GB almost scores higher than my WD rAPTOR 150... HMM...

Ol!ver · 17 Feb 2008 at 11:58

I'm running OS X so can't play.

chaparral · 17 Feb 2008 at 11:58

Richdog said:
Your AKS 500GB almost scores higher than my WD rAPTOR 150... HMM...

(SNIP)

This is my 150GB raptor test below

chaparral · 17 Feb 2008 at 12:01

I been thinking of selling my 150GB raptor and replacing it with one these WD 500GB drives,(as am always down to less then 10GB of free space on the raptor) .

Richdog · 17 Feb 2008 at 12:11

Hmm why is my minimum write so much lower... reckon thats due to the controlle ron my P965 mobo?

chaparral · 17 Feb 2008 at 12:15

Richdog said:
Hmm why is my minimum write so much lower... reckon thats due to the controlle ron my P965 mobo?

I didn't notice your minimum write speed was lower.....strange :confused:

..

Wonder if it anything to do with i tested with HDtune 2.54..and your using HDtune 2.55 ??

Am going run a test with HDtune 2.55 in a minute..

Richdog · 17 Feb 2008 at 12:18

Ok cool id be interested to see it...