[Scgeeks] Re: Can a celeron processor do what I want?

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"Miss Betsy" <devnull at spamcop.net> wrote in message 
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> One last question, this 'speed' is something that is contained in the hard 
> drive specs, not the Intel processor specs, correct? (I did find that 
> speed differed from level to level there).
>

Yes, the various hard drive specs you want to look are related to I/O speeds 
for the HD. For example, this drive at 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136161 has these 
specs:

Performance
Interface  SATA 3.0Gb/s
Capacity  250GB
RPM  7200 RPM
Cache  16MB
Average Seek Time  8.9ms
Average Write Time  10.9ms
Average Latency  4.2ms

RPM is how fast the platter spins (faster is better, 5200 RPM is common on 
cheaper drives)
Seek Time is how fast it takes for the HD head to get to the sector where 
the data you want is located (lower number is better)
Write Time is pretty self explanatory (lower number is better)
Latency I'm not so sure how important that is