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trend
10-05-02, 01:25 AM
what do you'll think?
would an ata 133 2mb have better performance over ata 100 with 8mb cache?

or is someone coming out with a good ata133 8mb cache?

thanks-lee
Starfoxer
10-05-02, 01:31 AM
go with the 8mb cache. i notice no difference between my 133ATA maxtor, and my old drive. that extra 6mb of cache makes a huge difference.
WyrmMaster
10-05-02, 02:08 AM
I second that. ATA 133 really has no point, drives cant sustain transfer rates that fast anyway. The 8mb chache make a big difference though.
youngbuck
10-05-02, 01:09 PM
yea, 8MB cache, Western Digital Special Edition.
Trieber
10-05-02, 07:37 PM
What about in RAID arrays? Or can RAID not hit 133 transfers? I originally thought 133 was the way to go, but now it's like, 100 will do. Might have to get the 8MB to compensate though... :)

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---X---
10-05-02, 10:23 PM
Go with 8mb cache RAID 0 :)

Don't believe ATA133, it has little to no benefits at all, and doesn't come close to the 133 MB/s supposed throughput.
trend
10-06-02, 12:54 PM
i want a really good setup, just bought my computer and i need a new hd as it didn't come with one so i stole my borther's 2gig.

I don't mind spending ~300 bucks,
what should i do:
raid 0 wd 8mb cache
or
scsi u160?
or
sata

what do you'll think?
Spec_Ops2087
10-06-02, 01:10 PM
wow....SCSI is VERY expensive and is for the most part small in size...think the biggest is like 73GBs or somthing and cost like *EDITED*491** dollars....yuck...

SATA is brand new and is probably very buggy and I wouldn't go with it until it is more wide spread

Go with the RAID 0 and SEs...they are SO fast and are almost as fast as SCSI alone and faster in RAID 0 and alone faster than SATA I believe....these things rule and at 107 each it is a steal....go with them you will not be disapointed...I load widows in 3secs(when it says welcome) with these things...beat that



Spec
Tran
10-07-02, 09:44 AM
i second the 2xSE raid 0

http://www.simnet.is/tran/img/sandrahdd.gif
AssM@N
10-09-02, 04:45 AM
i've read an article about a guy raiding two WD special editions

and he got 40000 on Sisoft sandra

on the other hand....... at http://www.3dgameman.com
he used two maxtor ATA133@raid0.....and got 43000......

i think benchmarks speak for themselves

scsi.....i wouldn't touch it unless i have a decent controller.... ie: adaptec 19160
scsi wouldn't be nice anyway.....i got on myself.....the older seagate 15000rpm one.....ST318452LW
that runs hot....

my mate has the same hard drive......and got a $59 USD controller
and it lost to my IDE hard drive in benchmarks