Posts Tagged ‘dual drive’

what's faster, (1) 7200rpm drive or dual 5400rpm RAID 1?

I’m buying a laptop and I don’t know if I should get one 7200rpm drive or 2 drives of 5400rpm setup as RAID 1. I’ve heard RAID 1 has faster seek response. Is this true? (Other Info: the laptop is offered by HP and yes, they do have an option of 500GB dual drive that [...]

Laptop: Dual Hardrive 120 Gb x2 VS Single 320 Gb?

Im getting a HP dv9700t laptop, which hardrive should I get? 320 Gb 5400 rpm or 240 Gb (120×2) 7200 rpm? the dual drive is only more, and is faster at 7200 rpm. I’m not familiar with Dual drive at all, so can someone tell me what are the advantages of Dual drive? What do [...]