Is that a 5400rpm or 7200 rpm?
1568457
The HDD speed doesn't matter as this product will eventually corrupt the drive.(5400 rpm IIRC)
1568458
7200 rmp, my husband usually buys 7200 and 10,000 rpm drives for our recording studio.The slower rpm ones may last longer, but just don't well. (Barry)
1568459
I would think that the heat produced by a faster drive wouldn't help. This gear has no fan (although it has a place for one - and a molex connector)
1568460
They don't publish what speed it is. They source different hard drive manufacturers. More than likely it is 7200 to meet the specs. From the various reviews from professionals, it meets their published specs. The transfer rates are very good. I liked mine.
1568461
Do not buy this product. It is faulty, breaks down and customer support is non existent.
846991
Mine is also 72rpm. I love mine. had no problems at all. I play a lot of online games with mine like WOW- World of Warcraft. I also bank online and shop. Love my computer.
1994796
There are two speed settings. When set on 2, the higher rpm setting,it's rated at 1400 rpm.
1376615
The exact rpms are hard to know. You can only estimate based on having 7 speed settings and a range from 3000-11000 rpm. So probably about 1100 rpm up/down per setting
2267226
Given that there are conflicting answers to this question on Amazon, and I really wanted to know before purchasing a drive, I contacted Seagate. Here's their response: " Unfortunately, part of the information is not provided at all. The RPM of our Expansion drives are not a provided specification, meaning the unit can run from 5400 RPMs to 7200 RPMs. We have no way to know which is it. It is not a guaranteed specification." So, it's a crap shoot. And it matters.
546729
Ya know, I've just not tested that. I'm using mine with three Hitachi NAS drives. I'm pretty sure the consumption would vary by the drives. 7200 rpm drives will certainly draw more power than 5400 rpm drives. I'd suggest you email their tech department. They are very responsive I'm happy to report.
439413
Ok I look around and talk with some Sony technicians all they said was to get 5400 or 7200 rpm as long as it is SATA2/ SATA 3.0GB/s
1400769
Neither. The rate is between 5400 and 7200 rpm. WD has a new Technology called Intellipower, which basically allows the drive to adust its rotation based on what type of data call is being made to it. Something to think about is that these drives sleep. If you aren't making any calls to the drive, they aren't spinning, so it can take a moment (how ever long a moment is) to spin up; however, once they spinup they can handle anything you want to throw at them. I absolutely love my WD My Cloud EX2 and the WD Red drives.
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I got the 7200 rpm 1 tb, Both are hard drives. Your laptop has a mount when you take the old one out. You will need to remove the mount to install the new Hard Drive and put it on the new Disk Drive. I was a very simple process for me however, you need an image of your Operating System to reinstall your (OS).
1885500
If it was it'd cost thousands of dollars. No, it's a 5400rpm drive. But more than adequate if you don't need super fast.
1464166
5400 RPM, Not the fastest but it backs up all my stuff. I've had mine for over a year and it works fine.
368210
It's 300RPM. What you see attached to the head of a motor is a reducer. By lowering the RPM, the motor attached to the reducer can preform at higher torque loads. If you are looking for a high speed motor this isn't for you.
1626709
I did a lot of research on that before purchasing and found out that the 500GB runs at 7200 RPM while the 1GB runs at 5400RPM.Hope that helps!
476514
WD only makes two versions of the 320gb in 2.5"7200 rpm with a 16mb buffer and a5400 rpm with a 8mb bufferamazon has this as a 5400 rpm drive with a 16mb buffer, so who made the mistake?
1936919
RPM unknownI would say light breeze or you will have noise. Subjective answer.Buy it and return it if it doesn't suit your rpm requirements.
1364112
Several model variations are available. Some have 750 GB at 5400 RPM while some have 1 TB at 5400 RPM.
2052095
They do!5400 rpm drive to 5400rpm drive I get 65-75 Mb/s minimum using both ports.