Two hard drives with different speeds and sizes?

Gaming Geek

Honorable
Jan 5, 2014
17
0
10,510
I'm currently using a PC that has a "Seagate ST3320613as 320 GB 7200.11" hard drive. Now, It's running out of space and I'm planning to buy this one "Seagate ST2000DM001 2 TB 7200.14".

Now, My question is whether I should use both of them? Will it slow down my PC? What's the difference between 7200.11 vs 7200.14? Does 7200.14 have any significant performance improvement over 7200.11?

Thanks in advance...
 
Solution
Yes, you can and should use both
No, there really isn't any speed difference. They are both 7200RPM.
"7200.11 vs 7200.14?" Old 320GB vs new 2TB. Slightly different firmware version. Nothing you need to worry about.
MERGED QUESTION
Question from Gaming Geek : "Two hard drives with different speeds and sizes?"

I'm currently using a PC that has a "Seagate ST3320613as 320 GB 7200.11" hard drive. Now, It's running out of space and I'm planning to buy this one "Seagate ST2000DM001 2 TB 7200.14".

Now, My question is whether I should use both of them? Will it slow down my PC? What's the difference between 7200.11 vs 7200.14? Does 7200.14 have any significant performance improvement over 7200.11?

Thanks in advance...
 
MERGED QUESTION
Question from Gaming Geek : "Two hard drives with different speed and size?"



 
Yes, you can and should use both
No, there really isn't any speed difference. They are both 7200RPM.
"7200.11 vs 7200.14?" Old 320GB vs new 2TB. Slightly different firmware version. Nothing you need to worry about.
 
Solution

Thanx
About multiple threads... It was a mistake.. won't happen again
 


Yeah, it happens. No worries.
 


One more thing - Do portable hard drives have any advantages over internal hard drives except for mobility? which one has better read/write speed and other performance parameters?