Second Hard Drive in Module Bay

Question

I am thinking of adding a second hard drive to my system via the removalbe modules on my i8200. Its primary use would be for audio recording so I need it to be fast (eg. 7200 rpm drive).

Are there any speed issues when using a hard drive this way or is the bandwith restricted by the bus to the module bay? Will it be the same speed as accessing the primary hard drive in the laptop??? (I am wondering because using an internal hard drive yields better perromance than an external (firewire, usb 2.0) drive and I am wondering how it is trated in this case)

Thanks for the help!

ethanweku · Answer

i think the speed will be the same as your primary hard disk, so don't worry about that, it's something like a primary slave on a desktop. but i think if you wanna upgrade to 7200rpm, you should change your main hdd to the 7200 and use the old hdd as the music storage space.

RobAtPace · Answer

definitely get the 7200RPM and ghost an image of your pc OS and files to it and then fdisk your 4200 and use that as your storage... your pc will run alot smoother on a 7200 then a 4200...

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