If you go with SATA, you can choose between SATA/150, which transfers data at
150MBps, and SATA/300, which transfers data at 300MBps. As with the other disk
options, the faster the drive and controller, the faster the performance of your system.
. Disk rotation speed??”Remember that hard disks are mechanical devices. The speed
at which data can be read or written is heavily dependent on how fast the platters
inside the disk rotate. The faster the rotation speed, the faster the data can be read
or written. Low-end, inexpensive drives rotate at around 3500 RPMs. Midrange disks
rotate at around 5000 RPMs. Fast disks rotate at 7200 or even 10000 RPMs. The
faster the rotation, the better your system performance will be.
After you??™ve selected the best drive for your system, you can then tune your drive for its
best performance. Let??™s talk about how to do this next.
Tuning Hard Drive Parameters at Boot
One way to tune your hard drive involves adjusting the settings in your BIOS. Every BIOS
seems different, and so consult your motherboard manual before proceeding.
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