well I have that exact hard drive... and I just happened to be thinking about buying the EXACT same one.. as my second HD..
to answer your questions:
The buffer is the amount of memory on the drive that holds the most recently written or stored data. 8mb buffer can hold more data, which means less time seeking data on the disk
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2) How much of a difference is the rotational speed? On looking at NewEgg this seemed to be the thing that made the Hard Drives the most expensive.
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the RPM's revolutions per minute tell you how fast the disk is spinning.. thus how fast the read write heads will be able to read or write the information on the disk.
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3) What is most important for gaming?
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buffer and RPM's make a lot of difference.
but for gamers, RAM and video card are the most important
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