Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 14:20:24 -0800 Subject: Re: G3 mini-tower From: Gary Shelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Any 7200 RPM drive will give you better performance than the stock hard drive,
This is not always true, though it is often true. The year the hard drive was released is a much more accurate guide to drive performance than the speed at which the platters spin.
If you have two drives that came out in the same year, and you wnat a ballpark estimate of relative performance, then sure, go by the platter rotational speed. But a 5400 RPM drive which came out this year will almost certainly out perform a 7200 RPM drive which came out two years ago.
I have some 7200 Seagate Barracudas (SCSI, not ATA) which I would be happy to sell as "fast" drives. They deliver about 6 MB/s. They are from 8 - 10 years ago.
Jeff Walther
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