david_ceruti Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 I am adding another hard drive to my machine - a 320mhz dual core with 2 gigs of RAM (it looks as if this is the max that my motherboard can take). I am looking at a 500 gig SATA drive. Is it worth the extra money to get a hard drive with a large cache? I have drives with 8, 16 and 32 Mb cache to choose from, all running at 7,200rpm.Alternatively, should I go for a 10,000 rpm drive? Thanks David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricklavoie Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 for photo stuff? anyone will do, no need for big cache or high speed, if its abrely more money..why not, but not a necessity. For video, you want the biggest, fastest, biggest cache you could buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricklavoie Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 seirous video i should add..not your regular imovie type one, more like if you use avid or final cut to a pro level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Ingold Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Avoid 10K and faster drives. The latency is not improved enough to compensate for the high heat and greatly diminished expected life. 7200 RPM is fast enough for any digital or video work I've done. The bottleneck is in image processing, not data transfer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevan_goddard Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Speed is not an issue - would seem to be the consensus. What about backing up your images, we all backup on a regular basis don't we???? Backing up either from or to a 500gB slow drive ain't much fun! I have over 3TB of disk space now (I no longer back up to DVD - disks are almost as cheap) and with one of these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trayless-Mobile-Rack-Drive-Interface/dp/B000FSBVNC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1211896612&sr=8-1 I can swap 500gB SATA drives to my hearts content. Get the best you can afford - don't buy down to a price - your pictures are priceless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrison_k. Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 "Avoid 10K and faster drives. The latency is not improved enough to compensate for the high heat and greatly diminished expected life." I Disagree. The raptors are considered an enterprise drive. The mtbf rate is higher than any standard consumer 7200 rpm drive on the market that that I know of and certainly higher than anything that will be suggested here. "Alternatively, should I go for a 10,000 rpm drive?" Only for a scratch disk for photoshop or to put your OS and software on. The raptors and the new velociraptors are great and will provide a noticeable difference in performance over any 7200rpm drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_ceruti Posted May 29, 2008 Author Share Posted May 29, 2008 Thanks a lot guys - now to go and splash out :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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