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Would a 7k hard drive upgrade get too hot?

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Is it advisable to upgrade my hard drive for faster processing to 7k rpm?. I've seen warnings that it may get too hot. Could this damage my Mac?

I have a PowerBookG4 12", 1.33Ghz PowerPC G4, 60Gb UltraATA/100 drive (4200rpm).

1.25GB RAM, running OS 10.5.8

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Naw, a 7200 RPM would about double your I/O speed of your laptop resulting in much faster startup speeds and app startups (I sound like a marketer)

Anyway, a disc gets hot under heavy use, much like your laptop. Overheating for a HDD is about 55 degrees C I believe..? and the HDD is far away enough to just cool down by itself. Keep mind mind you "Feel" that it is hot when its about 30 C and the HDD can go up to 55 C.

Interestingly though, they don't make IDE 2.5" HDDs anymore.. (link)

Refer to Mayer's post for a 2.5" 7200 RPM IDE HDD

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The 7200 IDE drive are hard to find but here are several: http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&as_...

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Many older (Before around 2005) 7200RPM HDD's can get hotter, but most modern drives tend to stay cool. I have a 7200RPM drive manufactured in 2008, in my iBook, and the computer is generally cool to the touch.

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