[iBook] 7200rpm drive for ibook G4

[Matt]

When I replaced the drive in my iBook I looked at
7200RPM drives and found that they would make the
laptop to hot. I ended up just getting a 5400RPM
instead. This is just my personal opinion, but unless
you absolutely need the speed increase i'd stay with
the 5400RPM drive.

Matt

--- Steve H Jones <shjones at hywyn.plus.com> wrote:

> Hi!
>   I need advice on 7200 drives in ibook G4's (1gig,
> 512Kb cache) 
> particularly the Seagate Momentus 8Mbyte cache 100
> gig drive.
> I'll be using the set-up for music applications
> trying to squeeze as 
> much as possible out of it!
> I know one would expect performance to increase, but
> since the CPU and 
> memory subsystems also work harder, I wonder how
> much heat is 
> generated.
> How much Is the 8mb buffer a factor? I read a report
> from someonoe who 
> had the same model ibook as I with an Hitachi 7200mb
> (but 2mbyte cache) 
> who had an extra 15% Power consumption,
> significantly better 
> performance but a much warmer ibook,
> 
> An interesting article is here:
> http://www.barefeats.com/hard56.html
> 
> Any advice very much appreciated!
> Steve
> 
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