X-bit labs

Started by: Kalumba | Date 03/06/06

Comments: 5 | Last Comment:  07/16/07

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1. What I would also like to know is if there is also an energy advantage to the SATA interface on a notebook. Speed is good and all, but battery time is also important for a notebook owner.

2. I am not a techie by any streach but I would like to get the best performance from my new laptop possible.

I am curious in lay terms what real wold performance gains are acheved by upgrading from a 5400 RPM drive to the top 7200 RPM drive.

By real world, I don't mean bench mark scores and seek times measured in Mili Seconds.

I mean things like Windows loads in x amount.
game loads in this amount
improves ping in online game by this amount ( If that is possible)

I mean some of this stuff seems to not have any real world diference dispite the 200 + upgrade cost.

Please dumb down or have a dumbed down conclusion especially for non Techies like me :)

everyone feel free to comment and aswer the questions I put forward.

Thanks!

I agree that speed is very nice and having Windows XX or your favorite Linux distro booting fast is also something that I value a lot. For games, however, it is more important with lots of RAM. A fast harddrive does not improving ping times. It does load levels faster which means less waiting for next level. Harddrive speed has many things which decide performance:

Platter density (the higher the better)
Cache (more is usually better)
Rotation speed (higher is better, but deminishing returns set in rather quickly)
Latest tech that add performance

Dont let RPM (rotation speed) be the deciding factor. a 5400 drive with a good graphics card and lots of RAM is a lot better IMO.

3. hallo
mijn hard disk is nog new maar mijn pc kan dat niet vinden
bedankt

4. I want software test RAM,HDD,CPU...

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