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5400 RPM or 7200 RPM HDD? Heat?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kash" data-source="post: 867739" data-attributes="member: 23444"><p>I upgraded from a 5400RPM to a 7200RPM drive a while back and haven't noticed any adverse effects to battery life or heat. You'll get a significant performance boost with little to no consequences. I would definitely recommend this upgrade.</p><p></p><p>Also, you shouldn't be seeing any heat increase from the upgraded RAM. Memory stays fairly cool unless you're overclocking it, which isn't available to you on a Mac, so it's not really a concern. Plus, with such a high amount of RAM, OS X will use the hard drive less for virtual memory, effectively increasing your battery life as the hard drive won't have to spin up quite so often.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kash, post: 867739, member: 23444"] I upgraded from a 5400RPM to a 7200RPM drive a while back and haven't noticed any adverse effects to battery life or heat. You'll get a significant performance boost with little to no consequences. I would definitely recommend this upgrade. Also, you shouldn't be seeing any heat increase from the upgraded RAM. Memory stays fairly cool unless you're overclocking it, which isn't available to you on a Mac, so it's not really a concern. Plus, with such a high amount of RAM, OS X will use the hard drive less for virtual memory, effectively increasing your battery life as the hard drive won't have to spin up quite so often. [/QUOTE]
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