Upgrades question

MrSpock2002 · Aug 15, 2007, 05:16 PM

Hey,
I'm upgrading my notebook to 2GB's of RAM from 1GB to gain gaming performance.

BUT I have a question. I have a 4200 RPM drive right now, but am thinking of getting a 5400RPM drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Tpk=WD800VERTL

With this speed increase do you think it's worth it only being about 1200RPM's faster?

I know you'll say get a 7200 but I can't since I'm going to be shopping at walmart.com due to financial credit card reasons

. Anywho... Please advise if the hard drive is worth the upgrade.

BTW my current drive is the Toshiba MK 1031GAS which seems to actually performe as well as alot of 5400's out there...

I'm going to be upgrading to a new laptop the beggining of next year... I game a lot MMO's and such.. Am I wasting my money?

OldBuzzard · Aug 15, 2007, 10:37 PM

About the only improvement that you will see with the faster HDD would be in load times. You would also see some if you are using the Pagefile a lot, but with the extra RAM, you arent going to be using the Pagefile as much as you are now.

Since you are going to be upgrading to another system soon anyway, my thinking is that you would be wasting your $$ on a faster HDD, but the extra RAM is money well spent.

Just my humble $.02

MrSpock2002 · Aug 15, 2007, 10:48 PM

That's what I was thinking. I have the page file min at 1.5x the RAM. And the Max at 3500. When I get the new RAM installed, the Min would be 3072 with a max of around 5000 right?

jp306 · Aug 15, 2007, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OldBuzzard

About the only improvement that you will see with the faster HDD would be in load times. You would also see some if you are using the Pagefile a lot, but with the extra RAM, you arent going to be using the Pagefile as much as you are now.

Since you are going to be upgrading to another system soon anyway, my thinking is that you would be wasting your $$ on a faster HDD, but the extra RAM is money well spent.

Just my humble $.02

I agree 100%

Dyre Straits · Aug 16, 2007, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrSpock2002

That's what I was thinking. I have the page file min at 1.5x the RAM. And the Max at 3500. When I get the new RAM installed, the Min would be 3072 with a max of around 5000 right?

This Microsoft KB article should be helpful:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314482

MrSpock2002 · Aug 16, 2007, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dyre Straits

This Microsoft KB article should be helpful:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314482

Yeah not very helpful with my question though. But still a good read.

I just cant see setting almost 9GB of harddrive space max for 2GB of memory.. I was thinking of the max being around 5GB.. Any thoughts guys?

I can't remember what I used to have my desktop set at, and that also had 2GB of memory..

Aug 15, 2007, 05:16 PM	#1
MrSpock2002 Because I said so! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Watkins Glen NY Posts: 542 Rep Power: 0	Upgrades question Hey, I'm upgrading my notebook to 2GB's of RAM from 1GB to gain gaming performance. BUT I have a question. I have a 4200 RPM drive right now, but am thinking of getting a 5400RPM drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Tpk=WD800VERTL With this speed increase do you think it's worth it only being about 1200RPM's faster? I know you'll say get a 7200 but I can't since I'm going to be shopping at walmart.com due to financial credit card reasons . Anywho... Please advise if the hard drive is worth the upgrade. BTW my current drive is the Toshiba MK 1031GAS which seems to actually performe as well as alot of 5400's out there... I'm going to be upgrading to a new laptop the beggining of next year... I game a lot MMO's and such.. Am I wasting my money? Last edited by MrSpock2002; Aug 15, 2007 at 05:46 PM.

Aug 15, 2007, 10:37 PM	#2
OldBuzzard DH's oldest Geek Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oberlin, OH Posts: 2,783 Rep Power: 145 System Specs	About the only improvement that you will see with the faster HDD would be in load times. You would also see some if you are using the Pagefile a lot, but with the extra RAM, you arent going to be using the Pagefile as much as you are now. Since you are going to be upgrading to another system soon anyway, my thinking is that you would be wasting your $$ on a faster HDD, but the extra RAM is money well spent. Just my humble $.02 __________________ When looking for a reason as to why things go wrong, never rule out sheer STUPIDITY

Aug 15, 2007, 10:48 PM	Thread Starter #3
MrSpock2002 Because I said so! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Watkins Glen NY Posts: 542 Rep Power: 0	That's what I was thinking. I have the page file min at 1.5x the RAM. And the Max at 3500. When I get the new RAM installed, the Min would be 3072 with a max of around 5000 right?