Whats wrong with 2mb cache?

[madfish]

Huh?? I got one of these direct from western digital, a 100 gig ATA7200-2mb cache (http://store.westerndigital.com/product.asp?sku=1828384) and I see over at Techimo (http://www.techimo.com/forum/t61096.html) a member post this drive as a deal from circuitcity, and a couple other folks astarted whining about it only having a 2mb cache saying the standad now was 8mb cache. WTH? the only Hddd's I see at W.D. are the special edition (http://store.westerndigital.com/searchresults.asp?dept_id=38) drives. why is suddenly 2mb cahce so awful to have? mine works fine for me. matter fact all my drives are 2mb cach. I have the 100, two 40's and a 30 gig ATA100/7200/2mb cache drives in the server, no problems with them at all, tho the 30 is on a ATA/66 contraler card as my cd drive didn't like being on it.

[SoopaStar]

thats just it..they are whiners. i think wd would like everyone to have the 8mb cache drive, but not everyone is willing to shell out the extra cash for them. they have teh 3 eyar warranty on them as well, where the 2mb only have 1 year.
tomshardware did a review/comaprison of the 8mb cache drive and compared it to the 2mb and sustained data transfer speeds were quite a bit better.
8mb is not yet the standard. only maxtor and wd are producing them on dpecial edition drives.....for now.

[BBA]

you have to stop lurking at timo...it's not worth your time. :D

[madfish]

ROFLOL :D I was bored today.............

Besides more gameboys might had shown up with a cheap sell price :D

[jad1097]

I believe the difference is the warranty. 2MB is a 1 year and the 8MB is a 3 year. It's on their site somewhere. BS, isn't it!


I hear people talk about how quite these things are but I think they are nuts! I hear them over my fans. All my Maxtors have been much more quite than this WD 180GB SE drive. I wish they would advertise the real size too:(

[blackwatch]

Originally posted by madfish
I see over at Techimo (http://www.techimo.com/forum/t61096.html) a member post this drive as a deal from circuitcity, and a couple other folks astarted whining about it only having a 2mb cache saying the standad now was 8mb cache. WTH?

hey that was me!! :eek:

for the money i was stating that you could get an 8mb cache for the same price. i bought a 200gb 8mb 7200 for $200 a few months back. i wasnt whining about the cache size...just that it wasnt a fabulous deal. :cool:

[blackwatch]

Originally posted by jad1097
I believe the difference is the warranty. 2MB is a 1 year and the 8MB is a 3 year. It's on their site somewhere. BS, isn't it!


I hear people talk about how quite these things are but I think they are nuts! I hear them over my fans. All my Maxtors have been much more quite than this WD 180GB SE drive. I wish they would advertise the real size too:(

i thought all there drives sold after 11/02 were 1 year only? :confused:

[madfish]

the special edition drives only have the 3 year warr.

Noise from a W.D. drive? Speak up son I can't hear you, these 120mm AC fans make alot of noise :D