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March 11th, 2014 13:00

Upgrade HD on Dell E521 help

Hey guys,

I just have a quick question, I'm planning on upgrading the HD on my sons E521. Currently the E521 is running Win 7 on a 64x2 5600+ 2,8Ghz , 4gb RAM with a 148GB HD and a Geforce 8600GTX video Card.

And its mostly going to be use as introductory gaming computer for my younger son.

I was just wondering with the current specs, . . would the E521 run faster or more efficient with a 500GB or 1TB HD as its main HD. .  .?  or is there really no difference?  I was planning on using a WD Blue 7200RPM and there is only a few bucks difference between the 1TB and 500GB. 

Any help would be appreciated!  Thanks, Ray

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moviepilot

Happy to have helped.

The only difference between the 7200 rpm 500GB and the 1TB HD's, is that the 1TB has more storage space.

Bev.

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March 11th, 2014 13:00

Hey guys,

I just have a quick question, I'm planning on upgrading the HD on my sons E521. Currently the E521 is running Win 7 on a 64x2 5600+ 2,8Ghz , 4gb RAM with a 148GB HD and a Geforce 8600GTX video Card.

And its mostly going to be use as introductory gaming computer for my younger son.

I was just wondering with the current specs, . . would the E521 run faster or more efficient with a 500GB or 1TB HD as its main HD. .  .?  or is there really no difference?  I was planning on using a WD Blue 7200RPM and there is only a few bucks difference between the 1TB and 500GB. 

Any help would be appreciated!  Thanks, Ray

 
moviepilot
 
There is no difference, the only installing a SSD will make a performance difference.
 
Personally I would install the 1TB HD.
 
Bev.

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March 11th, 2014 13:00

Hey Bev, Thanks so much for the quick response!

I didn't think there would be any difference, but I just wanted to make sure.  I figured since the 1TB is only 5 bucks difference it was the way to go, . .But I thought that maybe a bigger HD would take more memory or resources to keep it working and slow it down a bit compared to the 500GB.  But, i just wanted to make sure. . .Anyway, sounds good!  Thank you again!

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