cache on hard drives

Chesun · 23 Oct 2006 at 22:12

is the difference between 8mb of cache and 16mb cache noticeable?

smids · 24 Oct 2006 at 01:36

Depends on use. It can be e.g. in games, you can feel the smoothness a bit more, especially when the drive has to load up more of a map and certainly when multi accessing. In real use terms, it's not that noticeable - yes there is a difference but you'd hardly notice it. It is worth getting a 16MB cache model if you have the option but don' let it be a real purchase factor.

dark4orz · 24 Oct 2006 at 05:53

smids said:
Depends on use. It can be e.g. in games, you can feel the smoothness a bit more, especially when the drive has to load up more of a map and certainly when multi accessing. In real use terms, it's not that noticeable - yes there is a difference but you'd hardly notice it. It is worth getting a 16MB cache model if you have the option but don' let it be a real purchase factor.

Is it noticable when you are using both drives with 16mb cache each as raid 0 ?

wizardmaxx · 24 Oct 2006 at 06:17

The difference between the two is hardly noticable afa performance goes. Mabye 2-3% tops.