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453809 2006-05-10 10:16:00 1. Seagate Barracuta 7200.8 300GB SATA w NCQ 8 MB Cache Seek time 8 ms
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2. Seagate Barracuta 7200.9 300GB SATA NCQ 16 MB Cache

What are the differences between these 2 HDD, other than the second one slightly cheaper??

Cheers
bk T (215)
453810 2006-05-10 19:57:00 Well, I think the 2. is a newer model and has double the cache, will be faster (slightly) The_End_Of_Reality (334)
453811 2006-05-10 21:23:00 7200.8 vs 7200.9

The third generation of NCQ (Native Command Queuing).

NCQ allows commands to be dynamically reordered so that they are retrieved or written to the hard drive in the most effective order. This cuts down on the back and forth movement of the read/write heads and allows more data to be read/written on one pass. NCQ enabled 7,200rpm drives have shown to offer the performance increase that a jump to a 10,000rpm spindle speed would offer

Plus it has more cache which is good.
pctek (84)
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