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Hard Drive Buffer Size
Name: sirbigb1 Date: May 14, 2006 at 16:41:09 Pacific OS: XP Home CPU/Ram: P4/2.4 Product: Sony Vaio
Comment:
Planning to buy a 300gig hard drive, whats the best hard drive and what should I get an 8mb or 16mb Buffer
Name: XpUser Date: May 14, 2006 at 17:06:33 Pacific
Reply:
The buffer size depends on the size of hd you are buying. Example of Maxtor brand are as follows:
8MB cache buffer for 80GB, 120GB, 160GB and 200GB drive
16MB cache buffer for 250GB and 300GB drive
i_XpUser
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Response Number 2
Name: Badboy Date: May 15, 2006 at 12:16:20 Pacific
Reply:
When it comes to buffer, bigger is better.
I've had Western Digital, IBM, Maxtor, and Seagate drives. All have been reliable but the Seagate drives have been the quietest and curently come with a 5-year warranty.
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