8MEG CACHE?

[TARIK26Z]

I don't understand how this wil benefit me. can somebodby explain is getting a harddrive with this feature is helpful especially in the gameing field?

 

[Mortallus]

Your hard drive is the slowest part in your computer.

Programs tend to access the same files over and over again. Hard Drive Cache is a fast storage area where copies of files that the main program constantly needs to access can be stored temporarily. That way, when the program calls them, they're in something faster than the hard drive, ready to be used. Thus removing the slowest part of your computer from the loop.

The bigger the cache, the less often you computer has to access the harddrive, the faster your data access time.

 

[LumberJack]

Yeah bigger cache makes the file swapping more effcient in bus transfers. It also takes less time on you bus line so multitasking is better also.

Definitely a must for a speedy drive.

To err is human... to really screw things up you need a computer!

 

[elzt]

The 8MB cache drives used to be very expensive but not anymore. With Maxtor joining the arena of big cache drives, their price has dropped quite a lot. I would go for the 8MB cache drives too even though gaming might not need frequent disk access.

 

[dhlucke]

Since the harddrive is the weakest link in your computer system, ANYTHING that you can do to improve performance is great.

You will notice a difference, although in the end, the harddrive will still be the weakest link.

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[LumberJack]

Agreed.. until we all go and get some nice solid state drives ... except not they only make them as big as 3 gigs and they sot 50k a pop.. but one day!

To err is human... to really screw things up you need a computer!

 

[lhgpoobaa]

i have one. it DOES make a difference. Regarding games it makes level loading more efficient. And everything helps as the hard drive is the slowest part of the system.

plus the 3 year warantee on the 8mb W.D. JB is hard to beat nowerdays!

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