[CUBE] Seagate Barracuda IV vs. V

[Michael Blossom]

So can someone speak intelligently about the trade-off between transfer
rate (The IV model is faster) and the cache (The V model with 8MB vs. a
model with 2MB)?

I suppose it depends on usage, like how often you're reading the same files?

- Mike


>This is the spec page at Seagate for my drive:
>http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/marketing/detail/0,1081,572,00
>.html
>
>It's Ultra-ATA/100, so it will work. I guess the tech person referred to the
>Serial ATA-version, which won't work.
>
>I bought from Swedish distributor http://www.inwarehouse.se which has it for
>about $220 (for comparison, the 2MB cache version costs $150).