The Storage
Hard disk drive stores all your data including operating system, applications, user files and documents. It is a non-volatile storage, which means the contents of the HDD is not lost if the PC is switched off. We're using a Serial ATA type hard disk drive nowadays.
For office use PC, you don't need so much space for data and documents. For gamers PC, you'll need a huge space since games data and installation takes up large space.
The most important thing about choosing hard disk drive is its storage. The standard size of hard disk nowadays for normal user is 80GB or 160GB.
Criteria for choosing HDD
1. You can choose any size from 80GB, 160GB, 250GB and so on.
2. If you want speed for some reason, here's what you need to know:
HDD has a cache memory technology. HDD nowadays supports a minimum about 8MB of cache memory. The bigger the cache memory, the bigger data transfer and the faster HDD result. This cache memory makes a big difference on HDD data transfer speed.
RPM(Rotation Per Minute) is how much the disc platter in your HDD spins in one minute. The more the faster. HDD nowadays supports a minimum of 7200RPM. For home video editing PC or gaming PC, get the 10,000RPM HDD.
Conclusion
An office use PC usually working on a small data like documents, pictures and others like mp3 or video files that is not using much HDD processing power.
A gaming PC needs a lot of HDD processing power and speed for smooth gaming experience.
A video editing PC also needs a powerful HDD size and speed for compression and decompression video formats like DivX, Mp4, AVI and other video formats.
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Hard disk drive stores all your data including operating system, applications, user files and documents. It is a non-volatile storage, which means the contents of the HDD is not lost if the PC is switched off. We're using a Serial ATA type hard disk drive nowadays.
For office use PC, you don't need so much space for data and documents. For gamers PC, you'll need a huge space since games data and installation takes up large space.
The most important thing about choosing hard disk drive is its storage. The standard size of hard disk nowadays for normal user is 80GB or 160GB.
Criteria for choosing HDD
1. You can choose any size from 80GB, 160GB, 250GB and so on.
2. If you want speed for some reason, here's what you need to know:
HDD has a cache memory technology. HDD nowadays supports a minimum about 8MB of cache memory. The bigger the cache memory, the bigger data transfer and the faster HDD result. This cache memory makes a big difference on HDD data transfer speed.
RPM(Rotation Per Minute) is how much the disc platter in your HDD spins in one minute. The more the faster. HDD nowadays supports a minimum of 7200RPM. For home video editing PC or gaming PC, get the 10,000RPM HDD.
Conclusion
An office use PC usually working on a small data like documents, pictures and others like mp3 or video files that is not using much HDD processing power.
A gaming PC needs a lot of HDD processing power and speed for smooth gaming experience.
A video editing PC also needs a powerful HDD size and speed for compression and decompression video formats like DivX, Mp4, AVI and other video formats.
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