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Old May 20th 11, 08:03 AM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Arno[_3_]
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Default Speeding up my computer with a 7200 rpm drive

Daniel Prince wrote:
I currently have my Windows XP Home SP3 on a Western Digital 2tb
green SATA hard drive. Sometimes my computer seems to bog down but
StatBar usually says that the CPU is staying well below 100 percent.


Would replacing this drive with a Hitachi 2TB 7200RPM SATA hard
drive speed my system significantly? Thank you in advance for all
replies.


I doubt it. Spend the money on more RAM instead. Even under
the best circumstances going from 5400rpm to 7200rpm
gives you less than a 30% speedup, as data-densities on 5400rpm
drives are typically higher.

Arno

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