Hard drive speeds 5400 and 7200?? What to do! Help!!

[Diana_web]

Hi, I have a question and I hope someone can help me. Im going to upgrade my computer by installing a second hard drive. I have seen some hard drives that are internal that are much cheaper that buying an external hard drive. According to someone I talked to I would have to purchase a hard drive that would not go over 5400rmp and the internal drives that I have seen on Bestbuy and all the other electronics stores are 7200. According to the person I talked to they said it would have to be a 5400 because my motherboard would not be able to read and it would not recognize the drive. I have an HP Pavilion a230n. If anyone could help and tell me if that is accurate?? Or is it better to go with an external hard drive??? I have tried to look for the information but Im not sure if Im looking in the right place!! Thanks a lot!

 

[JinkX]

i dont think that a p.4 mother board rejects the 7200rpm hard disks !
ask the customer care at hp help center !

 

[TheMajor]

Get 7200rpm. It is the interface that matter, not the rotational speed.

Check if your motherboard supports (P)ATA or SATA and get a drive with one of those interfaces.
If you want to go external, you need an external hard disk enclosure (again, (P)ATA(100/133) or SATA). These enclosures mostly connect to your USB port.

Using the disk as an external disk will be slower, especially if you don't have USB2.0 (eg USB1.1).

 

[hmammen]

yea 7200RPM is the standard speed these days.....5400rpm is reserved mainly for older laptops.....but if you really want fast check out the 10,000RPM raptor hdds.

 

[htcs]

I've taken a look at the a230n - there is NO ISSUE with installing a 7200 RPM Drive into your computer. For best Performance, make sure you configure your drives in the following manner:

IDE 1
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Primary: Original HDD
Secondary: CD ROM/DVDBURNER

IDE 2
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Primary: NEW HDD
Secondary: Empty or other CD ROM/DVD BURNER.