Hard Drive Help Please

mapollo · 04-17-2006, 10:23 PM

I want an 80gb Western Digi Caviar HDD. But I don't understand the difference between UDMA 100 and U 100. See link below. Does it matter which one I get.

http://www.dabs.com/productlist.aspx...amp;%20#Paging

**The_Other_One** · 04-17-2006, 10:47 PM

I think U100 is just an abbriviation for UDMA100 or something as I've never seen that before and can't find anything about it online. Well, I could find a laptop model called the U100

Anyway, looking at the specs, the Western Digital drive that has "U100" seems to have 8M cache, where as the UDMA100 one only has 2M. Thus, the "U100" is the better of the two.

mapollo · 04-17-2006, 10:50 PM

Thank You I'd missed that. I'm just off to order.

04-17-2006, 10:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
mapollo Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 89	Hard Drive Help Please I want an 80gb Western Digi Caviar HDD. But I don't understand the difference between UDMA 100 and U 100. See link below. Does it matter which one I get. http://www.dabs.com/productlist.aspx...amp;%20#Paging

04-17-2006, 10:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	I think U100 is just an abbriviation for UDMA100 or something as I've never seen that before and can't find anything about it online. Well, I could find a laptop model called the U100 Anyway, looking at the specs, the Western Digital drive that has "U100" seems to have 8M cache, where as the UDMA100 one only has 2M. Thus, the "U100" is the better of the two. __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

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04-17-2006, 10:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
mapollo Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 89	Thank You I'd missed that. I'm just off to order.