Would this HD bottleneck a new system?

Saint · 3 Dec 2006 at 15:49

Hi guys im thinking about upgrading my pc to a core 2 duo, new ram, gfx etc, but im tempted to keep this 120gb hd i've got. As i can't remember exactly what HD i currently use.. in device manager it tells me it's a "Samsung HD120IJ". So does anyone know if this would bottleneck a new system or whether it wont make a difference?

Sainte

El Jimben · 3 Dec 2006 at 15:54

http://www.samsung.com/Products/Har...es/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointPSeries_HD120IJ.htm

Shouldn't be.

Saint · 3 Dec 2006 at 15:58

i saw a benchmark with the spinpoint and it does well against other hd's, but im not sure if mine is a spinspoint? Im curious, because i bought this september last year

hp7909 · 3 Dec 2006 at 16:05

Lol!

That HD is Serial ATA II (A.K.A. SATA 3.0 Gb/s)!

Only way it can 'bottleneck' is if its not regularly defragged & or is full!

Saint · 3 Dec 2006 at 16:08

O right still pretty decent then

Cheers for replies guys!

SinaiSound · 5 Dec 2006 at 12:18

Tbh, the only drive that would be a bad idea in a system such as that would be a old nasty 5400 rpm drive.

I'm sure I read a statistic that hard disks are one of the only components that haven't really developed in speed terms in recent times. I think they've only increased in speed by about 50% over the last 10 - 15 years.

Which compared to a graphics card, is a tiny amount.

33L · 5 Dec 2006 at 12:41

Hefner said:
Tbh, the only drive that would be a bad idea in a system such as that would be a old nasty 5400 rpm drive.

I'm sure I read a statistic that hard disks are one of the only components that haven't really developed in speed terms in recent times. I think they've only increased in speed by about 50% over the last 10 - 15 years.

Which compared to a graphics card, is a tiny amount.

That soon t ochange with the advent of the solidstate hard drives! i believe they are not too far away with working 40Gb models already!

rpstewart · 5 Dec 2006 at 13:08

Hefner said:
I'm sure I read a statistic that hard disks are one of the only components that haven't really developed in speed terms in recent times. I think they've only increased in speed by about 50% over the last 10 - 15 years.

Which compared to a graphics card, is a tiny amount.

In comparision to some components the increase is small but it's way more than 50%. 15 years ago you would have been lucky to get 8Mb/s sustained transfer whereas a 15krpm Seagate Cheetah will give over 100Mb/s sustained transfer with an access time of about 3ms compared to the 30ms+ which represented a good drive 10 years ago.

What has increased far more rapidly though is capacity, I can remember using a 330Mb ESDI drive a while ago which was a 5 1/4" full height device - the size of 2 DVD drives! You can now get 750Gb in a 3.5" half height device.