8.4gig is faster then 17.2 gig

[Win_98]

subject say it all hehe
ok now to get down to detail
both uses 5400 rpm
8.4 is dma/66
17.2 is dma/33
8.4 is 7.2 mb/sec
17.2 is 5.2 mb/sec
both are quiet
8.4 is maxtor diamond max series
17.2 is seagate medalist
big in storage doesnt mean it alway faster eh? well I bought a cheap 17.2 hehe so I pay the price of poor performance. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif
I'll have to be more careful about it and look for dma66 instead, when I bought that 17.2 gig they didn't specify it at all
just say it is 5400 rpm, 512K cache
bummer.

[Roy]

With drives, you surely get what you pay for. However, knowing what you want and doing some careful shopping counts too.

I scored a WD 27.5GB 66/7200 "open box" for 15% less than the going price. So what if it turned out to be dead, I knew my way around WD's swift and unquestioning RMA exchange routine. They UPS the replacement and you return the dud in the same box.

[This message has been edited by Roy (edited 07-13-2000).]

[Win_98]

Then again having more storage is more important to me but I need good speed too
It funny how a 17.2gig is dma/33
That is old stuff eh?

[brandon184]

I guess so, eh?

hehe
- Brandon

[Wiz]

size doesnt mean speed, ever. A 9.1 GB 10k RPM ATA/100 HDD is gonna blow away a 20.4GB 5400 RPM ATA/66.

Its all in the motor of the HDD, not the capacity of the platters.

[Krymson]

How would I check how many megs a second my hd is getting me?

[wtp]

UDMA/66 ain't realy that fast, it just gives good bursts in transfer speed, but it can't keep it stable unlike UDMA/33. Yes, pay more attention to the motor speed, as that will determine it's speed.

MY BAD, i thought he was talking about HD Space. You can use sandra for that also. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

wtp http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[This message has been edited by wtp (edited 07-15-2000).]

[daveleau]

Krymson
http://www.tcdlabs.com/hdtach.htm

HD Tahc is a good util to check hdd speed.
Dave

[chipbgt]

go for the new scsi drive thats spins at 15000 rpm...niiice. Cant go wrong with scsi hard drives.

[This message has been edited by chipbgt (edited 07-15-2000).]

[Wiz]

a thread awhile ago was about how HDDs in the old days were so big and spun so fast that one time, a platter came off and killed a person. Now that is fast.

[Snuffy!]

1500RPM?!?!?!?!
Man that'd be a toasty drive!

[Ironforge]

So far I have not heard of any 10k RPM ATA drives..

As for the new Seagate Cheetah X15.. looks nice.. 15,000rpm.. 3.9ms access time.. heh..

[Win_98]

5400 rpm for example is like going 108 MPH on the road
10,000 = 200 mile per hour
15,000 = 300 mile per hour
If we are referring to car
This explain why the hard drive get so hot
more then any other component in your harddrive
Actually it both space and RPM that determine speed
Let say a 2.1 gig ata-16 5400 rpm vs a 8.4 gig 5400 rpm dma/66
2.1 gig is much slower compared to 8.4 gig
about 1/3 at best
Because larger capacity is more dense and they take less time to seek from one track to another
Higher RPM = faster data transfer