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7200 external or 5200 internal
Name: Cody (by kerodude3058) Date: June 29, 2006 at 12:57:11 Pacific OS: win xp CPU/Ram: 3.2/512 Product: Toshiba originally
Comment:
Hi, I have a 300 gig external hd that connects with a hi speed usb 2.0. Its a 7200 rpm drive. My laptop has a built in laptop drive that's 60 gigs and 5200 rpm. (i think 5200..maybe 5400?) I was wondering, for gaming or dvd burning, will it be faster if i have the files on he external 7200 or the internal 5200? I assume that the 7200 does not get the full speed due to the usb 2.0? Is usb 2.0 faster then 5200 rpm internal? Thanks, Cody
Name: Michael J (by mjdamato) Date: June 29, 2006 at 14:05:09 Pacific
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I would think the internal drive would be faster due to the interface bandwidth. To be sure, just find a HD bebnchmarking application and run it on both.
Michael J
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Name: Cody (by kerodude3058) Date: June 29, 2006 at 15:01:25 Pacific
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thanks, do you know were i can get a hd benchmark program?>
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Response Number 3
Name: OtheHill Date: June 29, 2006 at 16:32:38 Pacific
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Sisoft SANDRA is a useful utility. freeware version 5 will also benchmark drives. There are probably better benchmarking program out there but you are simply looking for relitive speed and as I said SANDRA is very useful. Find Version 5 here. http://download.guru3d.com/sandra/
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Name: Cody (by kerodude3058)
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