J j4ckaL Daemon Poster Messages 718 Oct 12, 2005 #1 What would be a faster drive, one with 300MB/s bandwidth(3G), 7200rpm, and 8MB cache or one with 150MB/s bandwidth, 7200rpm, and a 16MB cache?
What would be a faster drive, one with 300MB/s bandwidth(3G), 7200rpm, and 8MB cache or one with 150MB/s bandwidth, 7200rpm, and a 16MB cache?
tajahem In Runtime Messages 410 Oct 12, 2005 #2 http://www.storagereview.com/ You might be able to find benchmarks for the exact drives on this site.
http://www.storagereview.com/ You might be able to find benchmarks for the exact drives on this site.
T turtile Fully Optimized Messages 3,475 Location Delaware Oct 12, 2005 #3 None even reach the SATA 150 specification. Not even the Raptor. The only difference that will speed up sata 2 is NCQ.
None even reach the SATA 150 specification. Not even the Raptor. The only difference that will speed up sata 2 is NCQ.
OP OP J j4ckaL Daemon Poster Messages 718 Oct 12, 2005 #4 So what your saying is that no drives even use the entire SATA150 bandwidth so 3G doesn't make a difference? What about the cache size, will 16MB make a difference over 8MB?
So what your saying is that no drives even use the entire SATA150 bandwidth so 3G doesn't make a difference? What about the cache size, will 16MB make a difference over 8MB?