questions questions ;x

[todlerix]

do hard drives get limited by other things in your system, if you are lagging in your processor will your hard drive take a hit because of it?

can you get hard drives made of ram? ;x

also
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Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model 6B300S0, OEM Drive Only

Model# 6B300S0
Item # N82E16822144359

Specifications:
Capacity: 300GB
Average Seek Time: 9.3 ms
Buffer: 16MB
Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM
Interface: Serial ATA 150
Features: SATA II, -NCQ [Native Command Queuing]
Manufacturer Warranty: 3 years
Packaging: OEM Drive Only


this is from new egg, i am curious to know what SATA II is.
also how big of a difference is there in 8mb cache and 16mb cache, what does the cache really do?

for this large of a hard drive, im assuming there is more than one platter, does this rape performance?

how much of a difference does a high end SATA raid controller increase over a lower end SATA raid controller?

[todlerix]

bumpity bump

[defakto]

Well the ide controllers normally use a touch of cpu power, but i believe (might be wrong) they have one of the highest prirites for interrupt. You can get ram drives, but you're looking at something like $750-1000 per gig or something like that. Very not cheap.