HDD Cache

[adpr_02]

I just went and bought myself a 1tb Caviar Green for which I paid 85$. I got the 8mb cache version because I really don't care about performance and only care about cost and noise. I didn't even realize that there were 2 versions of the drive (8mb and 32mb).

What difference does amount of cache have on the performance of the drive? I'm just curious what I lost for not paying that extra 15%.

[One_Hertz]

the cache on its own, makes almost no difference. The 32mb cache drive may have different firmware though, which can lead to differences in performance.

[NapalmV5]

some of you just arent humans.. you guys are aliens from no cache world

galactic coordinates? so i/we humans can go there and enjoy cache free world


ps hey onehertz please dont take it offensively

[One_Hertz]

Its been shown over and over that in HDDs the extra cache is 2-3% extra performance.

[NapalmV5]

remove that cache altogether and its more like 20-30% less performance