Big drive(320G) in my X60T

[NJ_IT]

Hi all!
Already many people tried this, but.....
I got a new big drive Fujitsu MHZ2320BH G2( 320GB/5400RPM 2.5"9.5mmH) here in Japan(Akihabara) ,with reasonable price $120.
So I upgraded my X60T(SXGA+) ,replaced old Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00(160GB)　with new FUJITSU MHZ2320BH G2(320GB).
At the same time , replaced old 2GB RAM(1GB X 2) with 4GB(2GB X 2),but actually 3GB because of WInXP restriction as you know.
Bench mark test shows
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CrystalDiskMark 2.1
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[Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00]
Sequential Read : 39.184 MB/s
Sequential Write : 38.598 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 22.973 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 22.629 MB/s
Random Read 4KB : 0.412 MB/s
Random Write 4KB : 0.938 MB/s

[FUJITSU MHZ2320BH G2]
Sequential Read : 58.149 MB/s
Sequential Write : 56.337 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 29.141 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 32.264 MB/s
Random Read 4KB : 0.465 MB/s
Random Write 4KB : 1.552 MB/s

New 320GB performance(160GB platter) is much better than old one.
Overall, WindowXP start-up time has been improved 30%~40% in my rough measurment.
Very quite(indeed!)and low power consumption(not measured yet)
Big drive(Higher density platter type) is worth to have!
Anyone tried by Hitachi or WD?
Please show us your benchmark!

[crashnburn]

You mind testing the same with the original RAM and see how much of a difference ONLY the HDD really made.

[NJ_IT]

> crashnburn

Thank you for comment.

I checked again the hard disk performance and start-up time difference of WinXP between old 160GB and new 320GB in the same RAM condition (old 2GB).
I got a same improvement result (320GB harddrive improved read performance and faster start-up time of WinXP than old 160GB as I described previously).