HDD upgrade?

[DotoreN]

I have an old computer and basically upgraded nearly everything; gpu, cpu, motherboard and put in a SSD for OS.

 

right now I still have an old 1TB HDD; wdc wd10eads-00m2b0.

 

Is this HDD worth upgrading to for example a 7200rpm hdd or not really?

[thatguyyouknow75]

i wouldnt, I upgraded my storage drive from an old wd blue 320gb, i dont know the rpm but it was nothing spectacular, to a wd blue 7400rpm 1tb drive. i see no difference. 

[spartaman64]

hard drive speeds are not very different unless you speed a lot and get a velociraptor 

[DotoreN]

hard drive speeds are not very different unless you speed a lot and get a velociraptor 

 

A 5200rpm HDD from 2007 perfomance is the same as a 2015 HDD of 5200rpm?

[Altecice]

Rotational speed is almost meaningless in HDDs. What you want to find out is the sustained read/write and sequential read/writes. Thats the true indicator of how 'good' a HDD is. You can have a 7200rpm drive with lower read/writes than a 5200rpm.

[spartaman64]

A 5200rpm HDD from 2007 perfomance is the same as a 2015 HDD of 5200rpm?

theres a lot more that factors into hard drive speed than RPM but i think all hard drives have similar speeds and if you have an ssd for boot drive then the hard drive is probably just for videos and mass storage stuff so in my opinion not worth it to upgrade

[DotoreN]

Rotational speed is almost meaningless in HDDs. What you want to find out is the sustained read/write and sequential read/writes. Thats the true indicator of how 'good' a HDD is. You can have a 7200rpm drive with lower read/writes than a 5200rpm.

 

D Transfer rate is 300mbps

[tmlhalo]

D Transfer rate is 300mbps

Sounds like they are advertising the speed of a SATA II connector and not the actual drive. Here are some more realistic benchmarks for similar drives.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/green-terabyte-1tb,2078-4.html

[Mighty_Miro_WD]

Hi there @DotoreN!

 

It depends on what are you planning to use the secondary drive for. If it's going to be only a storage unit, then the Green drive you have will do a very good job. But in case you want to run apps from there as well, then I would recommend a WD Blue, which is meant for everyday computing, or WD Black, which is a performance oriented HDD and will give you faster loading times and has 5 years limited warranty as well. Here are some links if you want to check them out:

 

WD Black - http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=Ssv0Xx

WD Blue - http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=twpPT0

 

Hope this helps.

 

Cheers!