DaddyDC650
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I currently own a Sata 1 based Seagate hard drive with 8MB of cache. Would I see any increase in speed if I purchased a Sata 2 based hard drive with the same amount of cache?
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Sata 1 vs Sata 2
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Probably not. Have you run HDTune to test your drive's speeds? If not, do so and post a screenshot or paste the text of the test results.
Another thing to look at is the fact that some of the newer SATA-II hard drives (e.g., the Seagate 7200.10 drives) come with a jumper that limits them to SATA-I speeds. But cache would be the bigger factor -- there are drives with 16MB cache out for a little more than the cost for 8MB, and drives with 32MB cache (currently limited to 500GB or larger drives) have recently been released.