HDD's not ICE's - 5400rpm vs 7200rpm

[cael]

This is one for the tech-heads...

Interesting Read between the two - results seem the 5400 out performs

I purchased a Noontec external Media Gateway and am really impressed with it...

I also bought a 1TB Samsung SpinRite 5400 Sata 2 to go into it.

I went with the 5400 becuz i wanted a HDD that would last a long time and it would only really be used to store Movies & Audio on, i didnt think it needed to spin at 7200 for that... I guess i just figured, if i'm only gonna store media on it, which streams at much less than the R/W rate, it should last a while... until solid states get cheaper i guess lol

I can recomend one of those Noontecs to anyone who wants an interface between PC & HD Display...

I got mine hooked up via wired ethernet 10/100 to my router, so it has direct access to Internet and can access my files on my computer and output them via my chosen HDMI connection to my 42" FullHD Plasma. It has a remote control and also acts as its own USB host, so you can hook it up to a USB Port hub for thumb drives, Wi-Fi dongle, etc.

Has its own built in BitTorrent client too.

Anyway, just thoughts on 5400rpm vs 7200rpm drives eh?

Cheers

 

[WindeX]

7200's have been around for a fair while now and I would be surprised if you got any failure out of a 7,200 that was related to speed. My last PC had a 10,000 rpm drive in it that ran fine all day every day for 3 years and is still going strong.

I think that it comes down to the brand / model more so than the speed these days.

 

[mattrat]

yer have to agree with windex, ive built numerous computers and never had a trouble to this date with 7200
actually ive found that WD have always been the best, also have a 10000 in my computer which when built was so super but now 1 year later its really just a slow POS compared to the shit nowadays
heh i thought my q6600 oced to 3.2 each core was quick, people wouldnt even spit on it these days rofl

 

[Dean]

off topic, but can someone explain...
i just bought a Seagate 300gb external hdd,
works fine at work computer, no dramas,
yet on my home comp wont work at all! It wont power up.. and it keeps flashing and my comp wont even recognise.. any ideas?

 

[mattrat]

does your home comp have usb 2.0
is it a prehistoric lol

 

[crossam]

the 5400rpm drives are specifically targeted to the media storage, home NAS market, as such thier pricepoint is lower to encourage people to purchase more storage. failure rates on HDD's are extremely low these days, most failures are a direct result of users mistreating drives (especially in external caddies),

the samsung spinpoint ecogreen drives you described are ideal for your situation as the offer high density per dollar, lower powered, cheaper to run 24/7, with little to no trade off in speed for thier intended application.

sorry i work for a National IT Distribution Company and we distribute samsung.

 

[Dean]

does your home comp have usb 2.0
is it a prehistoric lol

haha, yeh it does,
nah its not prehistoric. its an amd 2700, so its a lil old, but id assume this is adequate?

 

[cael]

ahh quite a little discussion...

well for my application i don't think i needed the 7200rpm.
I guess it is safe to say that the failing of the hard drive comes down to how it is physically treated. And my enclosure is seated nicely tucked under the bottom of the television, well out of harms way.

But i do feel that it will still read/write at the same speed the types of media i am storing on it and it plays it back without any issues.

I still think that something that spins slower must in some way be more durable in the sense that it is not under as much centrifugal force and vibration all the time...

I have gone through quite a few drives over the years, all 7200s, so i'll see how this 5400 goes.

I just cant wait till SSD gets cheaper!!
get rid of moving parts =)

 

[jase]

crossam i run 2x the ecogreen drives at the moment and absolutely no complaints. they are quiet enough for me, and for just data access they are fast enough

 

[cael]

alright Samsung... where's our money

 

[to4garret]

haha, yeh it does,
nah its not prehistoric. its an amd 2700, so its a lil old, but id assume this is adequate?

dean,

does it have a dual head USB for the computer end?

some computers dont supply enough amps to power the external hard drives up correctly, so they usually/sometimes come with a USB cable that takes two ports for the computer side.

drawing current from two ports instead of one.

 

[Dean]

that makes sense craig. mines only got the one port, but i might look into getting a twin adaptor or something and see how that goes.
cheers