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What is the difference between a 5400 RPM and a 7200 RPM HDD in terms of speed?

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In terms of read/write speeds, recoverability, and power consumption (e.g. my HDD crashes and I need to have a lab take it apart) - what are the major differences between a 5400 and 7200 RPM drive?

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How long is a piece of string! The best thing you can do is to take a look at Harddrivebenchmark.net and directly compare the hard drives you are interested in. As for power consumption, you have to look at the individual specification of the drive …

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