Posted June 10, 2020 I dont have the tools and hard drives to test this but I want to confirm if there a difference between them in terms of speed (both with the same capacity and sku/model) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 10, 2020 5 minutes ago, NZgamer said: Usually 2.5 in drives are 5400RPM because they usually go in laptops so that they don't vibrate too much and 3.5in drives are usually 7200RPM for the opposite reason, so probably yes, there will be a speed difference When i am cloning drives I have had newer 3.5" 7200 drives hit 225MB/s. Most of my 2.5 7200s are lucky to do 120. So there is a speed difference. Be sure to @Pickles von Brine if you want me to see your reply! Stopping by to praise the all mighty jar Lord pickles... * drinks from a chalice of holy pickle juice and tossed dill over shoulder* ~ @WarDance 3600x | NH-D15 Chromax Black | 32GB 3200MHz | ASUS KO RTX 3070 UnderVolted and UnderClocked | Gigabyte Aorus Elite AX X570S | Seasonic X760w | Phanteks Evolv X | 500GB WD_Black SN750 x2 | Sandisk Skyhawk 3.84TB SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 10, 2020 5400rpm is just to slow imo, it may be a full 20-40 seconds slower when booting up G502 Lightspeed Review PC: Spoiler i5-6400 GIGABYTE GA-H110M-DS2 CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX 2X4 DDR4-2666MHz ASUS ROG STRIX-GTX 1060-O6G SEAGATE 2TB HDD FUJISTU F300 240GB SSD CORSAIR CX750M Laptop: Spoiler Acer Nitro 5 i5 8300h GTX 1050 4Gb 12 Gb RAM 128 Gb SSD 1 Tb HDD Peripherals: Spoiler Keyboard: Logitech G310 Atlas Dawn (Romer G) Rexus Legionare MX5.1 (Content Browns) Mice: Logitech G602 Logitech G502 Lightspeed Steelseries Rival 105 Logitech M330 Headset: Logitech G430 Cooler Master MH 752 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 10, 2020 I use a 3.5 inch 5400rpm drive as a datagrave on my pc and in my opinion it is just good enough for that but even there are some hiccups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 10, 2020 They are generally slower yes and not only because of the RPM difference, and in fact, probably not even because of that. There are plenty of 3.5" drives that run at 5400 or more likely 5900 RPM these days and have been for years. What slows down laptop drives is the physical size. Given a certain data density and certain RPM, the smaller the disk, the fewer bits per second are flying under the needle. It's the same reason higher capacity drives tend to be faster, even with all else equal, and why drive speed is best on a new one (where you're dealing with data stored around the outer edge) and slows down as you fill it up and move into dealing with data stored near the middle. Solve your own audio issues | First Steps with RPi 3 | Humidity & Condensation | Sleep & Hibernation | Overclocking RAM | Making Backups | Displays | 4K / 8K / 16K / etc. | Do I need 80+ Platinum? If you can read this you're using the wrong theme. You can change it at the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 10, 2020 Author 1 hour ago, _Omega_ said: I use a 3.5 inch 5400rpm drive as a datagrave on my pc and in my opinion it is just good enough for that but even there are some hiccups Like when using it as extra drive to store some documents, music and videos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 10, 2020 Author 1 hour ago, Oswin said: 5400rpm is just to slow imo, it may be a full 20-40 seconds slower when booting up Yup, I do notice that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 10, 2020 8 minutes ago, 5GigaaHertz said: Like when using it as extra drive to store some documents, music and videos? yes, but sometimes its a bit annoying when i want to show some pictures from for example my vacation to my family and sometimes the pictures take a second to load... but that are some serious fist world problem... its fine for documents... But for soem games i would pass... i had really bad loading times in R6 when i had it on that drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 10, 2020 Author 2 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said: They are generally slower yes and not only because of the RPM difference, and in fact, probably not even because of that. There are plenty of 3.5" drives that run at 5400 or more likely 5900 RPM these days and have been for years. What slows down laptop drives is the physical size. Given a certain data density and certain RPM, the smaller the disk, the fewer bits per second are flying under the needle. It's the same reason higher capacity drives tend to be faster, even with all else equal, and why drive speed is best on a new one (where you're dealing with data stored around the outer edge) and slows down as you fill it up and move into dealing with data stored near the middle. what about using those drives as some sort of Archive or like what you on external drives? for example Picture, music, videos, and documents, will you notice any slow down when accessing those kinds of files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 10, 2020 8 hours ago, 5GigaaHertz said: what about using those drives as some sort of Archive or like what you on external drives? for example Picture, music, videos, and documents, will you notice any slow down when accessing those kinds of files? How much you notice will depend on what you're doing. If you just need a file every now and then, or you use it as a backup drive and don't worry about how long it takes to read or write, you'll be fine, but if you are someone who steps through full-screen views of large image files on a regular basis, that's something that I'd imagine would be helped by more speed. I can't promise this though since I haven't done extensive testing in this context. I know that moving from poor (<10 MB/s) wifi to gigabit ethernet (~115 MB/s) definitely helps, but how much of a difference you'd see going from a laptop drive to a desktop one I can't say. At some point there will be other bottlenecks holding you back, like CPUs power to downscale and prepare the preview, etc. Solve your own audio issues | First Steps with RPi 3 | Humidity & Condensation | Sleep & Hibernation | Overclocking RAM | Making Backups | Displays | 4K / 8K / 16K / etc. | Do I need 80+ Platinum? If you can read this you're using the wrong theme. You can change it at the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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