16MB Cache Hdds Notice Much Performance Increase?

[MCT]

i was reading somewhere someone said the 16MB cache SATA drives are as good if not better in speed as the 10k RPM drives, any1 know if they are or arent? first hand ?

[ripken204]

ya does ne1 know about this?

[puntoMX]

It just can cashe more small files, but it isn´t faster then a 10k drive (looking at access times and so).

Where is your info comming from?

[oofki]

I am not sure, I read awhile ago that a 8mb cache vs a 2mb cache is a 30% increase in speed from what i remeber. I do not think that cache could make up for the rotation speed of a hard drive though. I think it would make a differance but would not be faster than a 10k drive.

[puntoMX]

30% Increase in speed? With read / writes of small blocks yes, but in general you will not even notice it I think. Most of the large caches are just hypes .

[oofki]

Roger that but like I said it helps but nothing can be compared to how fast it spins.