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  • #1

    hard drive question

    which should be faster?

    27.2GB (I dont have the model number handy) Maxtor UDMA66 5400rpm 2 meg cache

    or

    4.5GB ST34520LC Seagate SCSI SCA-2 7200rpm 512k cache

    I just got the Seagate drive and I'm about to buy a Tekram DC-390U2W for it. According to the manual the Seagate's max xfer rate is 40mb/s. I'd think with that and the higher rpm it would be a high performance drive, but if the drive isn't that fast compared to my Maxtor I don't know what I'll do with it. Anyone have any ideas or experience with a Seagate drive like this?
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    I wouldn't think there would be that much in it. The 40mb for the scsi isn't a burst rate but a continous transfer rate. The 66mb for the udma is a burst rate and they rarely operate above 25-30mb per second. The ace in the whole for the udma drive is it's cache but as both drives spin the same performance should be about equal in most cases.
    1st system

    Athlon AXIA Y 1Ghz @ 1.40Ghz, coolermaster hsf, Elite K7s6a, 512 MB Crucial DDR RAM, 20GB IBM 7200RPM Hard drive, Radeon 8500le 64mb, SB Audigy, 3 com 10/100NIC, 300w PSU, midi tower, FPS 1600 Surround, Belinea 17" monitor, Intellimouse explorer USB

    System 2

    Athlon TB 1.4 @ 1.5, Zalman Flower in silent mode, Elite K7S6A, 768MB DDRAM, Ati Radeon 8500le 64mb ddr, SB Audigy, 3Com 10/100NIC, 80GB IBM 7200rpm, Liteon 16 speed DVD, Lite-on 24102b CDRW, Songcheer Superwide, USB scanner, Intellimouse explorer, Microsoft keyboard, 19in iiyama Monitor, FPS1600

    system 3
    Abit ST6 RAID, Celly 1.2 @1.4 ,512MB SDRAM, Zalman Flower HSF noisey mode, ATi Radeon 8500le, SBLIVE, 3com 10/100 NIC, 80GB Seagate barracude HDD, 40GB IBM120GXP, 60GB IBM60GXP,Extra highpoint controller card, 16x Pioneer DVD, Pioneer DVR-104 DVD-RW, ATX Full tower case. 300w psu, 17in LG monitor, 20in Samsumg telly, epson stylus colour 880, 200W RMS Surround sound amp with Mission M71 Speakers.
    .

    System 4
    Elite K7S5A, Duron 1.0, 128mb sdram, Coolermaster hsf, 80GB 120GXP IBM, Liteon 16x DVD, Radeon 7200 64MB DDR, SBLIVE.

    Linksys 4 port router/firewall

    512k Cable modem. nice

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