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Cellius · Local time: Nov 6, 2006, 11:18 AM

Is it worth it to spend the extra $120 on a 7200rpm hard drive? I do lots of multitasking with big programs; my options are 5400rpm and 7200rpm. What sort of increase in performance am I likely to get, and how crucial is it for efficiency?
Thanks to anyone who offers their insight.

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Cellius · Local time: Nov 6, 2006, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by Render

What "big programs" are you running?

Audio and MIDI sequencing, video editing, Photoshopping, encoding.

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Judging by the price of the drive, I'm assuming this is for a laptop.

Yes.

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So, it really depends on the program and how much it writes to the hard drive.

A lot of it is frequent bouncing to disk/rendering audio files, and occasional exports from Premiere.

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Cellius · Local time: Nov 6, 2006, 02:47 PM

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Cellius · Local time: Nov 6, 2006, 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by Radical

$120 more for a 7200RPM drive is way too much.

I have been looking around though.... honestly in my perfunctory searches that's right about where they cost.

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Cellius · Local time: Nov 7, 2006, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by RacinReaver

Also, what's your reasoning for getting a laptop when you need it for what seem to be fairly computationally heavy functions?

I will be moving around a lot in the near future, all over downtown Chicago, most likely, and need a portable and powerful machine for work and grad school.

Also, I already own an external harddrive (USB 2.0), so the only choice I have is between a 5400 internal and a 7200 internal. Damn decisions.

I was speaking idiomatically.