HDD power consumption related to capacity?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by yeeha, May 28, 2008.

  1. yeeha

    yeeha Private First Class

    Supposing two 7200 RPM hard disks were identical except that one had double the capacity of the other, would there be any difference in power consumption between the two?
     
    Last edited: May 28, 2008
    yeeha, May 28, 2008
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  2. dlb

    dlb MajorGeek

    No. The only thing that might cause any difference in power consumption would be drive usage; whichever drive is used more will consume more power, obviously. But unless one drive is running almost all the time, and the other is not running almost all the time, the difference will be negligible.
     
    dlb, May 28, 2008
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  3. yeeha

    yeeha Private First Class

    Much appreciated!
     
    yeeha, May 28, 2008
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