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Title: 5400rpm Hdd?
Post by: Jonathonsunshine on July 23, 2005, 09:28:00 AM

5400 would be preferable in general because they don't get as hot. Also a 7200rpm ( or even a 5400) harddrive will never hit its top speeds because of the xboxs slow 33mbit ide channell

Title: 5400rpm Hdd?
Post by: TrigunXBox on July 23, 2005, 12:46:00 PM

I have a Maxtor  120GB 5400 RPM drive in my XBox. It's quite fast.

My understanding is that it's a 33MByte channel. Not Bit. And thats buss speed, not the speed of the drive. Even newer drives on the market won't hit 33MB/s speed for anymore then a quick burst from the cache.
So unless you plan to put a 10k or 15k drive in your XBox, the 33MB/s buss speed is, for the most part,  a non issue.

Title: 5400rpm Hdd?
Post by: TrigunXBox on July 24, 2005, 12:34:00 AM

The Maxtor MaXLine II  series are 5400RPM with sizes up to 300GB.  They are pricy, but offer a 5 years warranty.  A good thing to have in a large drive.

http://www.buy.com/r...9&loc=&product=

Title: 5400rpm Hdd?
Post by: Frag Daddy on May 23, 2003, 08:11:00 AM

I wouldn't think it would make a big difference - having a 5400 or 7200 rpm.  Just having the stored on a hard drive makes them load faster.