What should I buy ?

[Kocky]

Hello,

I want to buy a new hard drive and I have two options:

1. Maxtor 60gb ATA100 8mb Cache
2. Maxtor 60gb ATA133 2mb Cache

Which one is faster and better ?

Thanx in advance.

 

[cdogg]

I'd go with #1. The 8mb cache will benefit you more than the ATA/133 drive. Many benchmarks have been run with 7200RPM ATA/100 and ATA/133 drives and there proves to be little difference. That's because most 7200RPM drives only average 30-35 MB/sec transfer rates and don't really need the extra headroom that ATA/133 provides.

Just my 2¢



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