Here is what Sharky Extreme has to say:
"The actual real-world performance difference between
ATA/33, 66 and 100 is usually quite small. There are
no ATA/100 drive mechanisms available today that can
use the entire 66MBps of ATA/66, and few that ever use
up all of ATA/33's bandwidth. Only the drive's cache
can make use of the added bandwidth, which yields some
but not a lot of performance improvement"
--- Jamy Klein <Jamy@stti.iupui.edu> wrote:
> It's not udma 33 or 66 or even 100 that makes a
> difference. Infact their
> are no current drives that can even reach 33megs a
> second the throughput of
> udma 33. What really matters is seek time and rpms.
> If you game alot or use
> 3d modelling apps, you'll want 7200 rpm, if you just
> surf the net, and do
> stuff like word it won't matter. Realistically
> though the performace
> difference between 5400 and 7200 is about 10%. If
> you can get a 7200 for not
> much more than a 5400 get it, but if there is a
> hefty premium for 7200 don't
> worry about it.
>
> Jamy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of
> Chris Oertell
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 10:04 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Re: Computer question, non dak
> related. HARD DRIVES
>
>
> Dester,
> It will make a little bit of a difference. What
> will really make a big
> difference is going from UDMA33 to UDMA66 or 100.
> But you either need a
> motherboard that supports it or a special card. I
> have both a 10GB 5400 and
> a 13GB 7200 and I can tell a difference in seek
> time. Good Luck.
> Chris Oertell
> Arcadia, Ca
> coertell@earthlink.net
> http://home.earthlink.net/~coertell
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chuong Nguyen <dester223@hotmail.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 6:49 PM
> Subject: DML: Computer question, non dak related.
> HARD DRIVES
>
>
> > Okay, I'm sorry it's off topic, but I do need
> help and the DML is full of
> > computer geeks (gurus) and you guys can probably
> answer my question hehe.
> > Sorry. I'll stop the stupid jokes now.
> >
> > Anyways. I'm getting an AMD 1000 mhz processor,
> 256 ram, 32 mb nvidia
> video
> > card, 12x dvd, 40 GB 5400 rpm hard drive. 56k
> modem, etc.....
> >
> > My question is, for an additional 39 bucks, is it
> worth it to have a 7200
> > rpm hard drive installed instead of the 5400 rpm?
> and will there be a
> > difference worth paying for? I intend to save a
> lot of MP3s onto the
> > hardrive, and play a couple high graphics games.
> Will it make a good
> > difference in PC performance, or is it just
> wasting cash?
> > -Dester
> >
> > DML Content: I'll be using the computer to log
> onto the DML with.
> >
>
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