macoman Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I bought and installed two 1TB 2.5 seagate barracuda with 128MB cache in my MacPro machine. I noticed inmediately how slow these hdd are compared to the previous 3.5 hdd. I know that these 2.5 are 5400rpm and the old ones are 7200rpm. I am wondering if the 2.5 hdd are less reliable than the standard 3.5? The reason I changed is because they are loud and noise, also old, in fact when I bought this used MacPro, the 3.5 HDD was already there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted February 16, 2017 Global Moderator Share Posted February 16, 2017 15 minutes ago, macoman said: I am wondering if the 2.5 hdd are less reliable than the standard 3.5? No. xendrome, Draconian Guppy and Ixion 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted February 16, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 16, 2017 Get an SSD, mate. You'd be happier... farmeunit, Draconian Guppy and ThaCrip 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macoman Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Get an SSD, mate. You'd be happier... The problem is on the price... A 1TB SSD will cost 4 times than what I paid. When the price get down at a more affordable level. I may consider it. No. How about the lifespan? Do they last the same as the 3.5 HDD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted February 16, 2017 Global Moderator Share Posted February 16, 2017 11 minutes ago, macoman said: The problem is on the price... A 1TB SSD will cost 4 times than what I paid. When the price get down at a more affordable level. I may consider it. How about the lifespan? Do they last the same as the 3.5 HDD? All factors other than physical size being equal...yes. macoman and Draconian Guppy 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted February 16, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 16, 2017 10 minutes ago, macoman said: The problem is on the price... A 1TB SSD will cost 4 times than what I paid. When the price get down at a more affordable level. I may consider it. How about the lifespan? Do they last the same as the 3.5 HDD? Get a 256GB SSD, use your 1TB HDD for storage.... 2.5 is just a slower clock than 3.5. They are clocked down to make laptops save the battery. macoman, ThaCrip and Draconian Guppy 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macoman Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Mindovermaster said: Get a 256GB SSD, use your 1TB HDD for storage.... 2.5 is just a slower clock than 3.5. They are clocked down to make laptops save the battery. I never like this approach because I have many apps that are installed in the hard drive and takes too much space. I rather have a hdd for everything and another one for time machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted February 16, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 16, 2017 9 minutes ago, macoman said: I never like this approach because I have many apps that are installed in the hard drive and takes too much space. I rather have a hdd for everything and another one for time machine. 256GB is too small, what are you doing, bro? macoman 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimefighter Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) You downgraded to 5400rpm (aka spinning) drives? That's barbaric dude. LOL Yes, your rig will be slow. EDITED Edited February 16, 2017 by oldtimefighter +Warwagon, goretsky and macoman 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted February 16, 2017 MVC Share Posted February 16, 2017 4 minutes ago, oldtimefighter said: You are using 5400rpm spinning hard drives? That barbaric dude. LOL Yes, your rig will be slow. I agree! I Once bought a 20GB bigfoot hard drive on ubid back in 2001 and was booting XP off it. It was 4,000 RPM ... I'm going just going to put it to me being young and stupid macoman and oldtimefighter 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimefighter Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Just now, warwagon said: I agree! I Once bought a bigfoot hard drive on ubid back in 2001 and was booting XP off it. It was 4,200 RPM ... I'm going just going to put it to me being young and stupid Yeah, but this guy is only one step past that 16 years later. LOL macoman 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macoman Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 14 minutes ago, Mindovermaster said: 256GB is too small, what are you doing, bro? When you have so much pro applications installed... 256GB is really not enough. 1 minute ago, oldtimefighter said: Yeah, but this guy is only one step past that 16 years later. LOL I already old bro.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted February 16, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, macoman said: When you have so much pro applications installed... 256GB is really not enough. What applications are pro? I have a 256, and I rarely use 1/3 of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted February 16, 2017 MVC Share Posted February 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, Mindovermaster said: What applications are pro? I have a 256, and I rarely use 1/3 of it... Maybe every one of his apps has a 20GB install *shrugs* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macoman Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 What applications are pro? I have a 256, and I rarely use 1/3 of it... Final cut pro, logic pro, motion 5, aperture, plus I have bunch of other utilities app that I downloaded from the store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, jjkusaf said: No. When I rebuilt my old PC as an HTPC, I installed a 2.5" HDD (WD Black 7200RPM) for use as general storage. Took up less space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted February 16, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 16, 2017 A 5400 2.5 are different from 7200 2.5... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macoman Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 A 5400 2.5 are different from 7200 2.5... So true, it was $25 dollars cheaper, but yeah I can see the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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