120GB Maxtor 7200 question....

[MagicUK]

I need a drive to store games and downloads, I use a Maxtor 8mb cache drive
as my boot drive, I can get the 120GB 2mb caches for £59.63 inc VAT or is it
worth paying the £14 for the 8mb cache one?

 

[ElJerid]

I need a drive to store games and downloads, I use a Maxtor 8mb cache drive
as my boot drive, I can get the 120GB 2mb caches for £59.63 inc VAT or is it
worth paying the £14 for the 8mb cache one?

First, £14 is not a huge amount...
But for storing games and downloads, there is absolutely zero benefit to
have 8 MB cache. Things are totally different however for disk-intensive
applications, like video capture or DVD creation.

 

[MagicUK]

and also copying from one drive to the new one would benefit with the 8mb
cache as well? also are 2mb cache drives carry one year warranty and 8mb 3
years?