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SATA-2 64MB cache or SATA-3 32MB?

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Mar 15, 20267540 views

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I understand the difference between SATA-2 and SATA-3, and what L1-3 cache are. But I am trying to choose between two internal harddrives. Both are 1TB capacity, with 7200RPM. The difference between the two option is that one is SATA-2 with 64MB cache, and the other is SATA-3 with 32MB cache. So wh…

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I was going to write an answer saying if speed for transfer was important for the large backup files then use SATA-3, but after looking at this paper http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/evolution_to_sata_6gb_storage.pdf I'm not sure if the interface spe…

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SATA-2 64MB cache or SATA-3 32MB?

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Fix for: SATA-2 64MB cache or SATA-3 32MB?

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