Hard drive w/ 8MB cache

[Starrx05]

Well, I have an old comp with an 80G IBM HD, 7200RPM but only 2MB cache. I just found out I have another WD HD, same size also at 7200RPM but with 8MB cache. So my question is: Will it make a difference in performance if I upgrade or clone the drive? Or it doesn't worth it? Thanks all.

 

[sniperruff]

you will notice everything loads slightly faster. i went from a 2mb 80gb maxtor to a 8mb 120gb WD.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

clone for backup purposes but for any performance gain ...no

 

[HiME]

Try and check out the model numbers to see how far is the production time gap between those two drives that you have. I'll swamp it if the gap is anywhere longer than 2 years.

 

[bendixG15]

waste of time