Cache or Interface

liquidshadow · 11-15-2005, 01:55 AM

For a hard drive would 16mb of cache be more beneficial or would SATA2 be faster?

[-0MEGA-] · 11-15-2005, 02:00 AM

What drive has the 16MB cache? is it SATA 150?

liquidshadow · 11-15-2005, 02:02 AM

yea the 16mb is SATA 150. But there are also SATA2 16mb HDD. However if I had to buy a:
SATA 150 16mb cache
or
SATA2 8mb cache,
which would give better performance?

[-0MEGA-] · 11-15-2005, 02:04 AM

Im not sure on this, but i'd say go with the SATA 150 w/ 16MB cache.

liquidshadow · 11-15-2005, 02:07 AM

ok thanks geoff

kof2000 · 11-15-2005, 02:12 AM

there are also 16mb cache IDE drives.

[-0MEGA-] · 11-15-2005, 02:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kof2000

there are also 16mb cache IDE drives.

yes, but if he was deciding between an IDE w/16MB cache or a SATA2 w/8MB cache, then i would think the SATA 2 would be the better choice.

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