New hard drive advice

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ritchierich

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hi all

getting hd this week and want to know do i go for one with a higher cache???
im looking at these two

500GB 3.5" SATA-II Seagate Hard Drive 32MB Cache 7200rpm $97

or

HDD WD CAVIAR GREEN 500GB 7200/16MB/SATA2 $95

cheers ritchie
 
I myself would get the seagate model since i've had nothing but problems with WD lately.
 
cohen said:
Seagate has a bigger cache, and Seagate are a very good and reliable manufacturer.
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i think he knows which one has a larger cache, he probably wants to know the advantages/disadvantages of both.... which i can't help him with, i have also wondered this question....
 
I was told 32mb wasn't commonly used at the moment and you wouldn't you use it all or notice a difference.

I went from a 120gb 2mb to a 320gb 16mb seagate (60 bucks on TG) I was even told 16mb wouldn't make a big difference over a 8mb drive but hot damn its sure better then a 2mb ^-^ Gothic 3 doesn't even lag as badly now. (it uses HD cache to run how retarded right?)

Though one thing and I dunno if its a problem...it idles at 36-37c which is about 5-6c higher then my IDE. Room temp is about 78F.
 
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Twist86 said:
I was told 32mb wasn't commonly used at the moment and you wouldn't you use it all or notice a difference.

I went from a 120gb 2mb to a 320gb 16mb seagate (60 bucks on TG) I was even told 16mb wouldn't make a big difference over a 8mb drive but hot damn its sure better then a 2mb ^-^ Gothic 3 doesn't even lag as badly now. (it uses HD cache to run how retarded right?)

Though one thing and I dunno if its a problem...it idles at 36-37c which is about 5-6c higher then my IDE. Room temp is about 78F.
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Yeah, well with sata, you can notice some difference, and it all depends on the main use for the PC.

The bigger the cache the better :)
 
if you have lots of ram the disk cahe wont make that huge a difference, as its main use is to speed up paging
 
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