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but i could be rong but as i under stand it larger the hard drive and faster the hard drive more buffer needed. buffer acts as ram for the hard drive . kind of short term memory.
but i could be rong but as i under stand it larger the hard drive and faster the hard drive more buffer needed. buffer acts as ram for the hard drive . kind of short term memory.
What I recall is that the 16MB buffer cache holds data which you probably normally use which in turn prevents your system from searching the HD & greatly reducing performance.
The same principal applies to CPU's & there cache.
the data transfer rate on the maxtor maxline is only 150mbps....i heard that 3mbps is supposed to come out early '05....well correct me if i'm wrong and it's ALREADY out....
They (reviewers) say that the 74GB is faster, but some say that the ncq advantage of the 74GB is miniscule
The WD site gives them identical specs (except the exclusion of ncq on the 36GB)
Probably the biggest advantage of the 74GB is the larger OD (outside diameter) w/ CAV (constant angular velocity) gives it the edge as you fill your HDD
Just installed my small Raptor
d**n all that argument about minor advantages between different cpu's, & different gfx cards, my new Raptor is twice as fast as my old IDE Diamond Max Plus 9
It is like night and day LOL
Whheeeeeeeeeeeeee!
ps. large cache is good for lots of small files (OS)
High ratational speeds are good for low CD, & DVD burning times, also loading windows, & backups
IMHO
OCGW
PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEACE
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I think there was a reveiw on that. It showed 2 Maxtor 250GB SATA150 w/ 16MB cache in Raid 0, match the one 74GB 10,000 Raptor. B) I would like to see the SATA300 in action next.
TK2+ (Administrator) may know something about it.
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