Topic: Jtag Xbox: 7200rpm Vs 5400rpm (Read 52 times)

welshkid · « **on:** January 24, 2010, 07:23:00 AM »

Hi,

For a very similar price I can get 500gb 5400rpm Hard disk, or a 7200rpm 320gb

Obviously I would prefer 500gb, but I dont want speed to suffer.

It will be my main source of loading games, homebrew and audio/video

Does the change in rpm make much of a difference in a jtag?

Thanks for any insight

Haruno · « **Reply #1 on:** January 24, 2010, 12:21:00 PM »

AFAIK the sata bus can only support 5400RPM. I don't remember if this is a hardware or software limitation on the 360.

Someone might be able to prove me wrong though, I'm no expert.

jeffrey92 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 24, 2010, 12:59:00 PM »

I have a 7200 rpm hdd installed to my 360. But no i dont think it will make a big difference.

xboxhaxorz · « **Reply #3 on:** January 24, 2010, 01:51:00 PM »

i can confirm that the speed does make a difference. the bus speed may only support 5400 but the 7200 and additional cache makes a difference.

the original xbox had the same thing, i would transfer files on a 5400 hard drive very slow but when i used another xbox with 7200 it went much faster

jqwest · « **Reply #4 on:** January 25, 2010, 11:52:00 PM »

Which 7200 rpm hd to buy for the 360 Im looking for a 120 gb single platter drive, any suggestions??

jgsieve · « **Reply #5 on:** January 26, 2010, 12:30:00 PM »

SATA is limited by data thoughput (MBps) not RPM, you will get faster transfer speeds with 7200rpm drives but I would get a 500gb 5400rpm over a 320gb 7200rpm drive, when the platters are bigger they get faster, but I would take a extra 180gb over a couple seconds load time (if that) SATA supports up 150MBps, and neither of these drives will achieve that.

This post has been edited by jgsieve: Jan 26 2010, 08:31 PM

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