difference between gaming on 7200RPM 8MB cache and 64 MB cache hard drive

[rjd66]

Hello..I have been using google all day and cant find a definitive answer to this problem.. So heres the deal. I want to get a new hard drive for a budget gaming system and I see lots og drives at 7200rpm at 8mb cache and lots at 64mb cache. Well this system is only going to be used for gaming online and I wanted to know if the cache size really makes a difference on a gaming system? Would 8mb be just fine? What would having 64mb add to my gaming experence? any..none...And Im on a serious budget and SSD at my price reange is just too small to get at the moment..any help...thanks in advance

btw I know the load times would prob be less but I want to know about overall game play..thanks

 

[ComputerWhiz305]

Check out this thread:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/276048-32-hard-drive-cache

 

[rjd66]

Thanks for the link. I understand what cache is and what it does(to a point) but I want to know..ok example..If im running battlefield 4 and I have a 7200 RPM 8MB cache hard drive..Will it run just fine if I have plenty of memory(8gb 1600) or will it run much better with a 64MB cache?

 

[ComputerWhiz305]

It should, yes.

 

[steven cook]

having more hard drive cache will definitely give you faster load and boot times, a 8mb HDD will be slower than a 16gb and 16gb will be slower than 32gb etc. etc. (HDDs have a speed barrier even when they have higher cache because they have moving mechanical parts) You won't notice a difference with FPS quality or graphics quality but you will be able to load and boot faster.

If you're willing to trade storage space for speed I highly recommend buying the Samsung 850 Evo 250gb solid state drive you will be amazed at the difference with boot and load speeds even when opening your browser and surfing the web etc. Upgrading to an SSD is one of the best single upgrades you can do for the typical home computer. Most of the time people just want faster boot and load speeds and that's what solid state drives do for you but the draw back is SSDs are more expensive per GB.