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11-15-2005, 12:55 AM
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Cache or Interface
For a hard drive would 16mb of cache be more beneficial or would SATA2 be faster?
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11-15-2005, 01:00 AM
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What drive has the 16MB cache? is it SATA 150?
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11-15-2005, 01:02 AM
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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?
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11-15-2005, 01:04 AM
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Im not sure on this, but i'd say go with the SATA 150 w/ 16MB cache.
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11-15-2005, 01:07 AM
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ok thanks geoff
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11-15-2005, 01:12 AM
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there are also 16mb cache IDE drives.
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11-15-2005, 01:16 AM
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