Cache or Interface

[liquidshadow]

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

 

[Geoff]

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

 

[liquidshadow]

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?

 

[Geoff]

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

 

[liquidshadow]

ok thanks geoff

 

[kof2000]

there are also 16mb cache IDE drives.

 

[Geoff]

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.