2.5" in a desktop system?

[alexfort93]

Will I lose performance since I am using 5400RPM drives? Or should I not notice the difference that much? (Quite frankly, my MacBook boots pretty fast for a 5400RPM)

 

[ilkhan]

You'll notice. 2.5" drives (especially 5400rpm) are quite a bit slower than current desktop drives.

 

[EnderW]

difference from what? a 10 year old 4200 RPM desktop drive or a velociraptor?

 

[Blazestorm]

They're definitely not faster than other 3.5"* drives, honestly the only well to know is if you try it for yourself

 

[jtg1993]

My 60GB 5400rpm ide laptop drive i get about 30MB/s, its alot slower then my other drives. It is far to slow for some things. But ill probably upgrade this to a newer faster drive and put this in my xbox or in my server for the os drive.

 

[ZodaEX]

There are lots of reasons to use a 2.5" in a regular tower. Heat output, vibrations, and space constrains to name a few.

 

[alexfort93]

Ok well I mean compared to a normal say 250GB Seagate. 7200.10

 

[Old Hippie]

Ok well I mean compared to a normal say 250GB Seagate. 7200.10

Check it out yourself. Go to Tom's Hardware charts for the 2.5" and 3.5" drives, pick your drives and do the comparison.

I have no doubt the 5400 drives are much slower.