Two Hard drives, different speed question. 1

[hopper33]

Noob Question.

I may install two hard drives. One with 10K RPM and the other with 7200RPM. The 10K will have the OS and mainly games, while the 7200 is just for storage.

Will the slower HD effect the speed of the 10K?

A while back I was told that you are stuck to teh speed of the slower HD, but I do not remember if that was said with this particualr configuration in mind.

Thanks for the help!

 

[hopper33]

Yes garebo, That is what I meant.

My main concern is whether the 7200 HD will slow the 10k down to 7200 when installed by Dell. These will all be new parts.

Thanks again all for the info.

 

[garebo]

I dont believe they will, especially with sata drives.
And good luck with your new baby!


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[hopper33]

Just to clarify. They should run at their separate rated speed?

Thanks! Just can't wait for it to get here!

 

[garebo]

Right, they should run at their separate rated speeds.
All the best with your pc!! I can just imagine, the tension would be like quitting smoking,lol. They better not be late!



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[Freestone]

The RPM of a drive is not affected by another drive so your 10K RPM drive will spin at 10K regardless if a 7200 RPM drive is also installed or not.

You should be aware, though, that the higher RPM drives run hot. I've no experience with these high RPM drives in a personal PC, only SCSI drives in servers designed for them. I don't want to scare you, but just make you aware of this heat source. Maybe someone with more experience with these high RPM drives can chime in with some thoughts and experiences.

 

[Prydonian]

Everyone;

Airflow, airflow, airflow....

We routinely use Dell PowerEdge servers as platforms for our customers. We typically have 15K RPM SCSI drives for storage (last couple of systems had 5 300GB SCSI HDDs in a RAID 10 config. We add in our own data aquisition and timing cards and before we fire up the system, we augment the airflow with high CFM 3u fans....

Testing has shown interior case temperatures of 125F (and subsequent BSODs) after 10 minutes of operation with the stock cooling. Adding high CFM cooling fans drops the case temperature to 91F and the system runs full bore for weeks at a time.

To make a long story short (I know, too late for that...) if you stick a bunch of high speed drives and I/O cards in a chassis, you HAVE to be prepared to evacuate the heat!

Mike, The IT Guy.



Life is too short to drink warm beer....

 

[garebo]

No wonder you keep your beer in your case!


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