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Originally posted by harrycary@3 December 2003 - 03:33
In theory, the faster a hard-drive can spin, the fewer revolutions it needs to access data on it.
Also important is access speeds, shown in milliseconds(ms). It's desired to be as little as possible.
The cache is where data goes before it is processed onto your motherboard. No moving parts here, so, movement of data is much quicker. The concept is similar to increasing your systems' memory. The larger the better.
Basically it comes down to moving data. You want any mechanical moving parts to move as fast as possible.
In the near future, you will see solid-state hardrives(no moving parts) and speed will become a non-issue.
edit: Your software, PC configuration, etc will affect the speed at which data moves throughout your system. It's hard to tell you what real-world performance you will get. Especially since PC performance has almost plateaued. I mean, until 64 bit processing and other technologies become more common, most new PCs perform plenty fast for the average user.
In my opinion, configuring your PC to run as lean as possible will give you the best performance.
I'm sure others may contribute more. But, that's the basics of it.
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