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Hard drive size and RPM inverse relationship

lamina

lamina

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Why is it that the bigger your laptop drive gets, the lower its RPM becomes?
 
At a guess, heat dissipation? The higher density platters + fast speeds create more heat than the manufacturer is willing to allow for.
 
lamina said:
Why is it that the bigger your laptop drive gets, the lower its RPM becomes?
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Some of the higher capacity laptop drives use perpendicular recording technology, which effectively packs the bits closer together along the tracks. That means a higher data rate at the same RPM. Or the same or even better data rates even at lower RPMs.
 
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