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The fastest hard drives I have seen have 15K rpms. You will not like the price though. Western digital makes affordable 10K that are called Velocirator. It is the fastest consumer level hard drives (it is used for server applications too).

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Usually, 5400 RPM for laptops and 7200 RPM for desktops, with some drives

reaching speeds of 10,000 RPM.

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