16mb cache vs standard 8mb

[thisTHEstory]

is the additional hd cahce negligable or noticable????

 

[ElTorrente]

It doesn't make much of a difference at all in benchmarks I've seen.

The two types of sataii drives I chose for my machine are both 8mb, and I researched quite a bit. I could have gotten whatever I felt like - like maybe the 16mb WD - but in the end that 16mb doesn't make much of a difference.

 

[thisTHEstory]

bump..... worth the price increase?

 

[Baked]

How much is the price difference?

 

[Remedy]

The market standard is 2MB. Not 8MB. If you were going to use the 16MB cache drives in a RAID array(5), then I can see the justification. But other than the warranty difference, I'd get the cheapest.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Anandtech's harddrive review. From July 24th. It's old but it will still hold true. This is Maxtor's (then new) 250GB and 300GB SATA harddrives with NCQ and 16MB buffers. Looks like there are a few benefits.

 

[hclarkjr]

i have a maxtor 16 meg PATA drive. i switched to it from a WD 120 GIG 8 MEG cache and noticed it booted faster. i believe they are worth the money, i noticed a difference.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Originally posted by: hclarkjr
i have a maxtor 16 meg PATA drive. i switched to it from a WD 120 GIG 8 MEG cache and noticed it booted faster. i believe they are worth the money, i noticed a difference.

Faster boot isn't a result of more transfer cache.

-Kevin

 

[Sforsyth]

I went from a Maxtor 2 MB ATA 133 hard drive to a 16 MB one and I couldn't really tell the difference but the guy at the store said there was a huge difference I benchmarked my drive somewhere here.

 

[aatf510]

Except for the fact that the new gen HD coming from Seagate, WD all have 16mb cache.

 

[Mik3y]

now we just need 147gb raptors w/ 16mb cache. what a beaut it'd be.

 

[daftpunkit]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
now we just need 147gb raptors w/ 16mb cache. what a beaut it'd be.

and loud :music:

 

[Brian48]

I have the PATA 16mb 250g Maxtor. Compared to the other 8mb Maxtors I have (as well my Seagates and WD's), the speed difference is noticable without having to use synthetic benchmark utilities to check. Particularly in applications loading up and in defragging. I'd say it's the fastest drive I've used to date.

The only thing I don't like about it is that it runs hotter than any other HDD I own. It's the first HDD I've owned that prompted me to get a HDD cooler. Not that there was a problem without it, it was just for the piece of mind.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
now we just need 147gb raptors w/ 16mb cache. what a beaut it'd be.

Or you could just get a SCSI drive which would simply blow that away

 

[yosuke188]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek

Originally posted by: Mik3y
now we just need 147gb raptors w/ 16mb cache. what a beaut it'd be.

Or you could just get a SCSI drive which would simply blow that away