5400RPM vs. 7200RPM

rsagevik · Post by **rsagevik** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 3:58 pm

How about this Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid?
any thoughts?

MacGuffin · Post by **MacGuffin** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:16 pm

too expensive for me...

I just want to know if 7200rpm will be too hot for gigging.

MPGK · Post by **MPGK** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:21 pm

MacGuffin wrote:too expensive for me...

I just want to know if 7200rpm will be too hot for gigging.

Depends on how well your laptop ventilates, I'd say - and also on how HDD-intensive your live sets are.
I have a 7200 RPM drive in my Macbook Pro, and, well... djsynchro?

MacGuffin · Post by **MacGuffin** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:25 pm

hehehe yeah, Macs probably have better ventilation... that's true.

anybody know for PCs?
If the performance is worth it but it gets hot maybe just a laptop cooling unit could do the trick.

Machinesworking · Post by **Machinesworking** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:23 pm

rsagevik wrote:How about this Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid?
any thoughts?

Looks like a great compromise between speed and capacity.
Don't know if I want to be the one to beta test it for audio though.

djsynchro · Post by **djsynchro** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:27 pm

djsynchro wrote:It just works a little faster

this

MacGuffin · Post by **MacGuffin** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:55 pm

okay... so nobody ever had heating issues with a 7200 rpm drive in a PC laptop?

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:01 pm

not here, and that's with two 7200rpm drives on a PC laptop.

only overheating was that the 5 or so year old battery wouldn't hold a charge any longer so the charging circuit was running 100% ALL THE TIME causing overheating issues. new battery solved it.

MacGuffin · Post by **MacGuffin** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:52 pm

yay! thanks Tone Deft!

new laptop soon!

solitarypartygroover · Post by **solitarypartygroover** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:58 pm

I recently upgraded from 5400 to 7200 on a PC laptop, and I believe the 7200 is significantly hotter. But I've got a new laptop cooler which has taken care of that.

MacGuffin · Post by **MacGuffin** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:20 pm

is the cooler noisy?

solitarypartygroover · Post by **solitarypartygroover** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 1:18 pm

Nah, it's not really any noisier than the inbuilt laptop fans. Possibly even quieter. Though different models create different volumes. The laptop fans don't come on as often as they used to. This is the one I currently have:

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/10137247/ ... oduct.html

I used to have the Antec laptop cooler, which was fine until the USB connection broke, though I believe the Antec was noisier. The Logitech one has a curve in the middle of it, which creates a space for air to circulate underneath where the hard drive is. It's noticeably cooler than without it. Using the Speedfan software to monitor temperature, it currently states it is 35C, whereas previously it would get up to 50-55C.

MacGuffin · Post by **MacGuffin** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 1:54 pm

thanks for the help

H20nly · Post by **H20nly** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:48 pm

MacGuffin wrote:hehehe yeah, Macs probably have better ventilation... that's true.

yeah its needed due to all the hot air coming from the users.

MacGuffin · Post by **MacGuffin** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:02 pm

H20nly wrote:
MacGuffin wrote:hehehe yeah, Macs probably have better ventilation... that's true.
yeah its needed due to all the hot air coming from the users.

That's what happens when you wear a turtleneck all the time.

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