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Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> Am Donnerstag 27 Oktober 2011, 13:09:17 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: |
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>> On 10/27/2011 11:15 AM, Dale wrote: |
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>>> Howdy, |
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>>> I'm wanting to get a hard drive that is pretty good size. I'm looking |
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>>> for about 1 to 2TBs or so. Thing is, a lot of them seem to be 5900 or |
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>>> even 5400 rpm drives. I realize that the data on there is packed pretty |
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>>> tight so I want to ask a few people that may have one or more of these |
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>>> things a few questions. Are they as fast as a slower RPM drive? |
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>> I assume you meant to say "as fast as a faster RPM drive". No, of |
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>> course not. If we're speaking about the same capacity and amount of |
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>> platters, of course. If we're not, then yes, they can be as fast |
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>> because of the higher data density. |
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>>> Would |
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>>> they be fast enough to play HD videos and such? I have quite a few 1080 |
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>>> HD videos. I don't want the drive to cause issues. |
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>> The transfer speed required for playing HD videos is virtually zero. |
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>> 1080p video compressed using an 8mbps rate require 2MB/s. This can be |
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>> done even with the slowest drive from 10 years ago. Today's slowest |
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>> drive are able to play about 40 or 50 of those HD video simultaneously. |
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>> So the answer is yes. They can play HD video :-) |
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>> Most of those 5900/5400 disks are meant for pure data storage. The |
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>> lower RPM is used to market them as "green and silent", meaning they |
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>> don't consume much power and aren't noisy. Installing your OS on them |
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>> though isn't going to give you good speed. They have good transfer |
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>> rates, but their access times usually suck. |
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>>> Can someone that has one or more of these post their hdparm -Tt results? |
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>>> Different speeds would be great too. I'd like to compare what a 5400rpm |
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>>> drive would do compared to a 7200rpm drive. |
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>> Simply Google around for benchmarks of the drivers you're interested in. |
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>> Note that is in area where it doesn't make any real difference that |
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>> the benches or reviews you find are performed under MS Windows. The |
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>> results are applicable to every OS. |
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>> As a rule of thumb when buying drives: if you want to install software |
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>> on it, buy an 7200RPM drive with good access times. Of course they're |
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>> more expensive If you just want to store all your downloaded HD porn |
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>> and music collection on it, a silent 5400RPM drive is a good choice. |
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> indeed. Additionally they don't get really warm. Which reduces the overall |
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> thermal load in the case. |
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> One important thing: |
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> most if not all 2TB drives have 4K sectors, which means you have to be |
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> carefull while partitioning those beasts. |
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Looks like some good info. I just need a GOOD sale and some extra money |
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to spend. Maybe in a couple weeks or so. Hopefully. ;-) |
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As for heat in my case, I have a Cooler Master HAF-932 case. It has |
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those huge 230mm fans. Heat is not a problem. |
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I just wonder how much data they will be able to pack into a 3.5" drive |
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tho. Hmmmmm. Surely they will run out of room at some point. I mean, |
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the heads have got to have a little room to work with. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |