Are there any 250GB or bigger available that run 7,200 yet?

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Crunch · #1 Post by **Crunch** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:35 pm

Are there any 250GB or bigger available that run 7,200 yet?

mod edit: off-topic post split from another thread.

jpapier · #2 Post by **jpapier** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:09 am

Not in 2.5 , though I just looked at an external 3.5, 250 gig, 7200rpm drive, USB with power brick for $69.00 @ComputerGeeks. Just consider an external, portable drive.

STC · #3 Post by **STC** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:31 am

in an external case the speed of the hd doesnt matter as the usb connection is the limiting factor. you could put a 10000 rpm raptor in an usb case and it wouldnt be faster as a 5400 rpm drive.

aaa · #4 Post by **aaa** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:25 am

STC wrote:in an external case the speed of the hd doesnt matter as the usb connection is the limiting factor. you could put a 10000 rpm raptor in an usb case and it wouldnt be faster as a 5400 rpm drive.

Higher rpm means lower latency. Meaning a 10k rpm drive, with half the latency of a normal drive, would be still be faster in a certain significant way, even in a usb case.

dickeywang · #5 Post by **dickeywang** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:09 am

I am using a 3.5" HDD installed in an eSATA enclosure, which is connected to the eSATA PCMCIA card that I installed on my T61p. Both the raw transfer rate and the access time are much better than the internal 2.5" HDD.
Also, if you want to have 2 eSATA HDD connected to the laptop, you may want to look at those eSATA Expresscard(if your machine supports it), which has a much higher bandwidth to handle two HDD simultaneously.

Are there any 250GB or bigger available that run 7,200 yet?

Are there any 250GB or bigger available that run 7,200 yet?

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