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Get the big cache or no?
Well the showdown is between a 120 GB WD w/8MB cache and a 120 GB Seagate w/2MB cache. Seagate drives are of higher caliber IMO, but is the 8MB cache really worth its purchase? Can I have a comparison between these drives? Im basing the purchase on the cache, although im not entirely sure what benefits a bigger cache will do for me, thanks.
Check out this review of the WD1200JB:
http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200201/20020124WD1200JB_sp.html
From the article:
Conclusion
With desktop performance and capacity vastly superior to the competition as well as a surprisingly low operating temperature, the Caviar WD1200JB reaffirms Western Digital's preeminence in the IDE desktop performance segment. In fact, for desktop usage, the JB bests all 10k RPM drives save only Maxtor's Atlas 10k III.
Once again we're obligated to point out an interesting fact. The hardware enthusiast market, comprising a significant portion of StorageReview.com's readership, has always pledged it would respond enthusiastically to the world's first 10,000 RPM drive. These folks want the performance of a 10k RPM SCSI drive without the SCSI premium. The WD1200JB, like the WD1000BB-SE, delivers the desktop performance of a good 10k RPM drive according to tests constructed from real-world, high-level applications. If you want SCSI's performance without its price or capacity limits, the WD1200JB is the drive for you.
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http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200201/20020124WD1200JB_sp.html
From the article:
Conclusion
With desktop performance and capacity vastly superior to the competition as well as a surprisingly low operating temperature, the Caviar WD1200JB reaffirms Western Digital's preeminence in the IDE desktop performance segment. In fact, for desktop usage, the JB bests all 10k RPM drives save only Maxtor's Atlas 10k III.
Once again we're obligated to point out an interesting fact. The hardware enthusiast market, comprising a significant portion of StorageReview.com's readership, has always pledged it would respond enthusiastically to the world's first 10,000 RPM drive. These folks want the performance of a 10k RPM SCSI drive without the SCSI premium. The WD1200JB, like the WD1000BB-SE, delivers the desktop performance of a good 10k RPM drive according to tests constructed from real-world, high-level applications. If you want SCSI's performance without its price or capacity limits, the WD1200JB is the drive for you.
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http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200301/20030110ST3120023AS_sp.html
The Seagate Serial ATA drive rrhun28 mentioned...gets beaten by most of the other high-end PATA drives out there...
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The Seagate Serial ATA drive rrhun28 mentioned...gets beaten by most of the other high-end PATA drives out there...
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PATA? I did not know it got beat up. My bad.
Well, they did test it against the high-end parallel ATA drives out there. I guess it wasn't quite "beat up" but it does show that at least with the initial SATA drives/controllers, its no big improvement over normal ATA-100/133 drives (except for that nice thin cable :)
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I love thin cable. I got round cables for all my ide stuff, but it isnt 'thin' by any strech of the imgination. And it is expensive stuff too. But they are all pretty and blue. LOL. Sounds like the WD is the way to go, and you can probably find it onsale.
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Its down to $96 now at NewEgg...what did you end up doing HsNiOx???
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