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#1 2003-01-03 3:19 am
- ironhawk
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10,000RPM 36GB or 7200RPM 50GB? Both are priced at $100
I currently have the original 2 gig drive that came with my S900, and a 7200 RPM 18 gig. Now I'm faced with a decision. The 36 gig drive spinning at 10,000 RPM would certainly add some additional speed to my now 800mhz G4 Umax, but 50 gigs is a pretty good size for expandibilty, though it spins at an ever-so-average 7200 RPM. Both are priced at $100. Shipping is free on the 36. I definitely need some help with this decision. Thanx much, guys.
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#2 2003-01-03 11:49 am
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Re: 10,000RPM 36GB or 7200RPM 50GB? Both are priced at $100
I wouldn't call 7200 rpm average just yet. 5400 is still average.
7200 is fast. 10,000 is blazing. You didn't say how it's to be connected to your Mac. FireWire? IDE? SCSI? You may have a bus that's too slow to really take advantage of a fast drive.
I'd say take the 7200, unless you have one of the faster SCSI or IDE busses, and are doing work with lots of big files, like movies.
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#3 2003-01-03 1:40 pm
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Re: 10,000RPM 36GB or 7200RPM 50GB? Both are priced at $100
I don't think your Mac will take full advantage of the 7200, let alone the 10000. Not with out a nice SCSI card. So I'd go for the size. Bigger is better. 
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#4 2003-01-03 6:21 pm
- dvpierce
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Re: 10,000RPM 36GB or 7200RPM 50GB? Both are priced at $100
which has the lower seek time? I'd go with that one, altrhough if the 50 GB is under 7 ms, that's good enough. Either drive wil have a fast enough throughput, especially using the old 10 MB/Sec SCSI-II on the Umax.
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#5 2003-01-03 9:21 pm
- ironhawk
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Re: 10,000RPM 36GB or 7200RPM 50GB? Both are priced at $100
Yes, I have thought about buying a faster SCSI card. There is actually an Ethernet upgrade for the S900 that also adds 68-pin SCSI, but I'm not sure yet how much money I want to put in this machine, tho I have already put quite a bit, with the G4. 
Building and tinkering like this is a lot of fun, tho.
By the way, I can take advantage of a 7200RPM drive, for those who were wondering. 10000 is a bit of overkill, without the upgrade. Ah, decisions, decisions.
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