will I notice a jump from 5400rpm to 7200rpm?

[Cabbs]

I don't think most new V6's make 520 HP...

7200 RPM drives usually stay pretty cool, but they will produce more heat from the added friction. I could imagine it running marginally hotter in a laptop than in a ventilated case.

 

[woody84]

I don't think most new V6's make 520 HP...

7200 RPM drives usually stay pretty cool, but they will produce more heat from the added friction. I could imagine it running marginally hotter in a laptop than in a ventilated case.

I didn't know it made 520HP! ok well it makes the same as a new super charged V8! lol

so you don't think that I will do any damage to the other components of the computer by going with the faster HD???

worst thing that happens: it fries, and I get a whole new laptop!

 

[63083]

worst thing that happens: it fries, and I get a whole new laptop!

Could you afford that?

 

[Cabbs]

I'd be worrying about the hard drive cooking itself from the extra heat and no ventilation, but there are laptops that come with 7200 RPM drives out there.

 

[63083]

I'd be worrying about the hard drive cooking itself from the extra heat and no ventilation, but there are laptops that come with 7200 RPM drives out there.

Well when I put in a WD 7200 RPM in mine, it wasn't the heat from the hard drive that took down the laptop, but the 2 sticks of RAM.

 

[Cabbs]

Even two sticks of RAM shouldn't have had a large effect on temperatures. You'll probably be fine.

 

[63083]

Even two sticks of RAM shouldn't have had a large effect on temperatures. You'll probably be fine.

Made the laptop overheat and shut off after just 20 minutes of game play.

 

[Cabbs]

That's pretty weird. Unless the RAM runs at unusually high voltage, they don't produce much heat.

 

[Celegorm]

My laptop has a 7200 drive in it and it doesn't get hot at all. At least, not when compared to the quadro 520m or the cpu that is in there.

 

[63083]

That's pretty weird. Unless the RAM runs at unusually high voltage, they don't produce much heat.

Yeah, I thought so too. But the only part of the laptop that gets hot now is underneath the RAM. Everywhere else is fairly cool.