Page 1 of 1
battery life with 7200 hdd
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:19 pm
by syrahnose
I'm considering upgrading from 60gig 5400 my x60s came with. Any indication if this will decrease battery life on my 8 cell?
sounds as if heat isn't an issue, and relatively little speed increase as I use xp and just word process mostly.
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:38 pm
by syrahnose
i was also considering a SATA II hdd, but understand my x60s isn't compatible?
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:12 pm
by aaa
The effect on battery is minuscule. It is louder though.
I thought SATAII was backwards compatible? Not that it's any sort of must-have feature, it really doesn't do anything (yet).
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:43 pm
by ryengineer
syrahnose wrote:i was also considering a SATA II hdd, but understand my x60s isn't compatible?
It's compatible.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:46 am
by awolfe63
An x60s typically uses 9-16W when operating on battery.
A typical 5400RPM drive (5K100) is 2W active, .85W idle.
A typical new 7200RPM drive (7K200) is 2.3W active, 1W idle.