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depends!
If your main concern is which is better, usually the faster rpm gives better performance, although you have other factors that can impact your performance such as video cards, processors, etc. and if these are not up to par you may not really see a difference in game play although thru benchmarks the drive will show up as faster.
Personally I use a Maxtor 60g 5400 rpm and I'm pretty happy with the performance, of course I'm not a hardcore or even a big time gamer, just a casual gamer.
Just my 2 cents worth and probably worth that much to you. lol
If your main concern is which is better, usually the faster rpm gives better performance, although you have other factors that can impact your performance such as video cards, processors, etc. and if these are not up to par you may not really see a difference in game play although thru benchmarks the drive will show up as faster.
Personally I use a Maxtor 60g 5400 rpm and I'm pretty happy with the performance, of course I'm not a hardcore or even a big time gamer, just a casual gamer.
Just my 2 cents worth and probably worth that much to you. lol
Jakespeare
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The difference in price isn't that much, say $20 - $30 to go from a 5400 RPM to a 7200 RPM.
** The difference is HUGE, in overall system performance if you want a high-performance computer, ESPCCIALLY in todays games (the high end 2001 / 2002 games), and the upcoming games.
I would recommend the MAXTOR ATA/133.
MAXTOR 80GB 7200RPM Model # 6L080J4 - OEM, DRIVE ONLY D740X Series Ultra ATA 133 2mb Cache Buffer 8.5 ms Seek Time - 3 Year Manufacturer Warranty 80.0 gb 7200 rpm
** It is ONLY $128,,,,,,, and $7 shipping. A paltry $135
for the fastest HD out there. I know, I run them.
......... $7 is for FedEx shipping.
** The difference is HUGE, in overall system performance if you want a high-performance computer, ESPCCIALLY in todays games (the high end 2001 / 2002 games), and the upcoming games.
I would recommend the MAXTOR ATA/133.
MAXTOR 80GB 7200RPM Model # 6L080J4 - OEM, DRIVE ONLY D740X Series Ultra ATA 133 2mb Cache Buffer 8.5 ms Seek Time - 3 Year Manufacturer Warranty 80.0 gb 7200 rpm
** It is ONLY $128,,,,,,, and $7 shipping. A paltry $135
for the fastest HD out there. I know, I run them.
......... $7 is for FedEx shipping.
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