5400RPM SATA vs 7200RPM IDE

jccheng · #1 15th April 2005, 09:35 PM

I have a laptop which supports SATA hard drives, but I would like to know how 5400RPM SATA drives compare to 7200RPM IDE before purchasing. From what I've read, it seems as though the SATA drives have better throughput, but slower access times. If anyone has experience with this and would like to share, please do. Thanks in advance.

Tashiro · #2 16th April 2005, 12:23 AM

Hi,

I doubt you will notice the difference in performence. Maybe the power consuption and storage capabilities are more interesting to take consideration.

Tashiro

Moved to hardware.

Knudson · #3 16th April 2005, 02:12 AM

ide 7200 should be much faster then sata 5400...i don't really notice much difference between a 120GB sata and a 120GB ide , both 7200

sej7278 · #4 16th April 2005, 05:39 AM

what laptop is that - i've never heard of sata in a laptop, and 7200rpm would be crazy on the battery - most laptops you can upgrade to 5400 from 4200rpm!

in my desktop, the only difference i see between ide and sata (both 7200rpm) is lower cpu usage with sata, no speed difference.

jpmills · #5 16th April 2005, 06:10 AM

The higher spindle speed would give better performance. Is it worth the cost to battery life? The high end seagate 100GB IDE ST9100823A 5400rpm can be had for less than $200 on pricewatch. If the laptop used SATA II then you would notice a speed difference with the appropriate drive. Seagate also offers a 5 year warrenty on its hard drives. Keep that in mind as well.

jpmills · #6 16th April 2005, 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sej7278

what laptop is that - i've never heard of sata in a laptop, and 7200rpm would be crazy on the battery - most laptops you can upgrade to 5400 from 4200rpm!

in my desktop, the only difference i see between ide and sata (both 7200rpm) is lower cpu usage with sata, no speed difference.

A few hi-end DTR notebooks can use a SATA drive. Cyberpower offers a system with two SATA drives in Raid 0!