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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Fw: Creative Labs Zen XtraRe: Fw: Creative Labs Zen Xtra
From: Björn Stenberg <bjorn_at_haxx.se>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:58:31 +0100 Dermot Bradley wrote: > I can see Fujitsu (4200rpm, 2Mb cache) and Hitachi/IBM (5400rpm, 8Mb > cache) 80Gbdrives and also a Fujitsu (4200rpm, 8Mb cache) 100Gb unit. > > The 100Gb drive is 1 1/3 times the cost of the 80Gb drives so I'll opt for > 80Gb. Any comments regarding the pro/cons of the spin rates - I'd assume a > slower spin rate would use less battery power but is 4200rpm fast enough > for an Archos playing VBR (lame -extreme) MP3 files (especially as the > cache is smaller)? All disks are fast enough. Buy the slowest disk with the least cache == the cheapest. Higher spin rate only means longer spinup time and more power drain, and a big cache is wasted since it's emptied every time we spin down the disk. -- Björn _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockboxReceived on 2004-12-14 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |