Will a 7200rpm drive drain my battery a lot?

Hi,
I'm changing my MBP 15" Mid 2010 models hard drive to either a 750gb 7200rpm or a 1TB 5200rpm drive.
What i wanted to know is will i notice a significant battery drain with the 7200 drive? I heard because the drive reads faster it can drain the battery a bit quicker.
If so, are we talking an hour or 15mins etc?
I use my mbp for music making on the move and for DJ'ing.
Thanks for any help and advice.

lenn5 wrote:
What are you doing that you think is slow?
A faster drive will make apps load a little faster. But going to a 7200rpm drive will also lower your battery life and create more heat.
I've noticed marginal improvements. Helps a little with some of the benchmarking tools.
The noise, heat, and power are very much dependent on the vintage/technology of the drive. Some recent 7200 RPM drives are comparable (even better sometimes) to older 5400 RPM drives when it comes to power, noise, and heat. I've yet to encounter any problems. My Hitachi Travelstar 7K200 has been a stellar performer. It might mean about 5-10 minutes less battery life than the OEM drive, but I run it off the adapter most of the time anyways.
Given the model of the original poster (late 2006 Core 2 Duo) I'd venture that a recent 7200 RPM drive could be comparable to the factory drive in terms of power consumption, noise level, and heat output. Check out specs and comparison shop.

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