Nov 21, 2009 · The Western Digital I bought has 8MB instead of 16MB....how much of a difference in everyday tasks and some random gaming am I going to notice?

Apr 6, 2010 · In the 7200-rpm realm, how significant and noticeable, in real-world usage (as opposed to benchmarks alone) is the difference between an SATA HD with a 8MB cache vs. one with a 16MB …

Sep 5, 2004 · When partitioning and formatting a brand new hdd from the windows XP CD and after choosing to make the maximum size partition, windows leaved 8MB unpartitioned. Is there a reason …

May 14, 2006 · using IDE/133 just wondering what's the difference between 16mb and 8mb cache in a harddrive is the extra cache only usful on a faster computer i'm putting together an old pc for my …

Feb 8, 2012 · I'm surprised this 8MB bug is still in the wild, esp considering the 320 is based on the G2. Maybe there's an issue with all the (mostly needless) features they added to the 320.

Jul 14, 2011 · This sucks, I just bought a 120GB Intel 320 series. So far I haven't been affected. But at the same time, years of finally getting my act together and having a very extensive backup system, …

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While 8MB L3 IB model also had 50MHz more in GPU turbo in HW that advantage, however small, goes away. Core i7-4810MQ 2.8GHz 6MB L3 $378, i7-4900MQ 2.8GHz 8MB L3 $568 I would like to see …

Nov 19, 2009 · Hi All: upgrading from Core 2 Duo to Core 2 Quad. Motherboard Asus P5W DH Deluxe, 4GB RAM, Sapphire HD5770 video card. Wondering if I should get the: 1. Core2 Quad Q9400 …

Apr 29, 2002 · I have a 4mb sgram integrated ATI Rage Pro LT (agp2x) and I'm looking for smoother video playback and smoother scrolling in IE. Would upgrading to 8mb do the trick? Specs as follows: …