All of you: it's not because the user doesn't know a thing about RPM that you can happily bash away... The user comes here to learn about it, that why the user asks it here in the first place! You all better leave your negative comments behind and help the user in a respectful way or not post at all!
Alright, as an owner of a 10k rpm hdd, I will try to explain. By being 10k rpm, the data can be accessed faster meaning better load times/boot up. Every time something is loaded, the computer needs to search the hdd and load it onto the systems memory. The longer it takes to access the information, the more slow a computer can seem. Defragmenting helps windows index the information so it knows exactly where to look (thus why people often defragment whenever a new program is installed.. some people anyway). You won't get twice the speed or anything, but some people sacrifice storage space for faster loading times. I personally enjoy having a small hdd as a "boot/game" device and a media drive to stash junk in. Hope that helps.
I personally enjoy having a small hdd as a "boot/game" device and a media drive to stash junk in. Hope that helps.Munkyman587
Can you achieve exactly the same by using partitions, or does that have reduced performance still? In fact, is there any difference at all for the system if you use two partitions on one HD, or whether you use two HD's?
Well, you can partition a larger hdd, but it will not have the benefit of the 10k rpm. When my hdd failed, I was forced to go get a new one.. and decided to go with the faster drive. I don't know if the performance is worth ditching your current gear, but if you are building/replacing, they make a very nice choice over the 7200 rpm.
Well, you can partition a larger hdd, but it will not have the benefit of the 10k rpm. When my hdd failed, I was forced to go get a new one.. and decided to go with the faster drive. I don't know if the performance is worth ditching your current gear, but if you are building/replacing, they make a very nice choice over the 7200 rpm. Munkyman587
Aye I figured, but if I use a small partition solely for windows and other apps will it increase performance since it won't be clogged with other stuff?
Well, I wasn't exactly sure of the difference myself, but according to Radified Partitioning it will cut down on load times since there is less data it will search through.
Well, I wasn't exactly sure of the difference myself, but according to Radified Partitioning it will cut down on load times since there is less data it will search through. Munkyman587
i recently changed my main hdd to a 40 gig from an 80 gig, twice as fast.
everyone buys these massive harddrives, i dont see the point, i like the smaller drives because they index better and alot more speedy then the ruddy great things. even better with the creation of raid0 because that increases preformance ever more. for my new rig i now have 3 * 160 gb western digital drives.
the difference between a 10000rpm and 7200rpm drive is not all that much, it will load slightly faster, but then you could just get twice as many 7200rpm hard drives of whatever gigabyte and then raid them and it will be miles faster.
All of you: it's not because the user doesn't know a thing about RPM that you can happily bash away... The user comes here to learn about it, that why the user asks it here in the first place! You all better leave your negative comments behind and help the user in a respectful way or not post at all!DirkVDV01
And how did I bash oh Great One? I simply answered his question and hoped he wasn't old enough to drive, driving and not knowing what RPM stands for isn't a good thing. The OP then decided to insult me and I get modded for it... Great logic there...
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