- New Hard Drive: 2MB cache vs. 8MB Cache
- Posted by Purp1e on September 16th, 2003
I'm looking into getting a new drive.
Is their a real advantage in getting a drive with 8MB cache rather than 2MB
cache?
I recently had a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80GB drive with 8MB cache, which I
found dealt with intense operations very quickly but would take a long time
to open folders on the hard drive. For example, the root directory would
take a couple of seconds to access. Is this a common complaint with 8MB
cache drives?
In addition, which drive would you all recommend for a budget of around
£60-£80?
Incidentally, I don't have any SATA capability.
Kind Regards,
Matt Boulton
- Posted by Rod Speed on September 16th, 2003
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Tad radical.
That can get you a 3 year instead of a 1 year warranty
and the price difference can be trivial. Certainly if you
arent paying much for it, its certainly worth having.
Thats unlikely to be anything to do with the 8MB cache.
Nope. Must be some other problem.
I like the WDs myself.
- Posted by Purp1e on September 16th, 2003
Which drives have a 3 year warranty?
- Posted by Rod Speed on September 16th, 2003
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Most obviously the WD 8MB cache versions, their JB drives.
Some of the other manufacturers do that too.
- Posted by DaveW on September 16th, 2003
Try a Western Digital drive with 8 MB cache.
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- Posted by Cuzman on September 17th, 2003
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" In addition, which drive would you all recommend for a budget of around
£60-£80? "
I have not long finished my first home-build, and I opted for a new 80GB
ATA-100 Western Digital Caviar with 8MB Cache, picked up from a components
dealer on eBay for £70.
- Posted by Rod Speed on September 17th, 2003
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Very decent.
Yeah, I wouldnt pay a lot for a JB, but I'd certainly
take the JB if there wasnt much in it price wise.
I doubt few if any could pick the 8MB cache in a
proper double blind trial. The extra 2 year warranty
can be handy tho if you arent paying much for it.
- Posted by Arno Wagner on September 17th, 2003
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Purp1e <me@you.com> wrote:
Not really from a technical side (unless you use an OS with
very bad/no buffering like MSDOS). But some manufacturers give
3 years warranty for some 8MB models but only 1 year for all
2MB models (Maxtor, Seagate, maybe others).
Which OS? Without this info (precise!) no statement can be made.
At the moment A Seagate 7200.7 120GB with 8MB cache. I am not sure
whether that still fits the budget, but it is one of the dirves with
long warranty, and the seagates run less hot and a little bit more
quiet that maxtor.
Arno
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- Posted by Charles Hammond on September 18th, 2003
Depends on the operating system. For Win98 I would try to find a 20 Gig
DRive. WinXP can handle larger drives better. Make sure you are using a
80 wire data cable and the Ultra DMA ATA 100/133 drivers are installed.
Also make sure DMA is working on your hard drive. A 40 Gig Hard drive
might be faster.
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Purp1e wrote:
- Posted by Rod Speed on September 18th, 2003
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Mindlessly silly, Win98 will handle anything currently buyable fine.
Nope.
No might about it.
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Purp1e wrote:
