32 mb cache is better than 16 right

[SpeedEng66]

is more cache important/better?
thinking about getting this seagate any one have this or a opinion?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...rives-_-E1M-_-22148288

 

[Quiksilver]

http://anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3161&p=1

It's the review of AT's 1TB WD & Seagate drives.

It could be a little different with half the storage space.

 

[jonmcc33]

^^^Not going to be an accurate means to show the difference in performance, if any.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: SpeedEng66
thinking about getting this seagate any one have this or a opinion?

Look at this this way...
Did going from 8MB cache to 16 increase the performance of the 74GB Raptor?
If it didn't help the 10k rpm Raptor much, doubling the cache on a 7200rpm drive won't help much (all else being equal).

If you're playing with the idea of a dinky 500GB HD, save your $$ and buy the 16MB version.
$119 for the 500GB/32MB is too high anyway.

 

[SpeedEng66]

my budget was really for $100

but I saw that seagate one was on sale for 109 shipped (with promo code)

my first choice was to get the spinpoint for $105 (for 4 more bux I could get 32mb so I had to ask )
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822152052

 

[Ika]

Don't think of it as a cache difference. Find benchmarks of the respective hard drives and find which one appeals to you more (performance, noise, and heat-wise).

 

[RanDum72]

I was going to order the exact same thing but I noticed the benchies didn't make any difference and I had second thoughts. But since the prices seem to be the same, I went ahead and ordered a couple