Buying a Harddrive

[Mjmaniti510]

Does the harddrive buffer rate matter? I want to replace the hard drive in my White unibody macbook and I use it mostly for playing games so will a 8 mb cache or a 16 mb cache make a difference?

 

[txhockey9404]

It does matter. Bigger buffer=faster performance. If it's not too much more, go for a drive with 16mb cache. Also, if possible, wait until March or so to buy a hard drive. Floods in Thailand have caused hard drive prices to go through the roof. Wait a bit for reconstruction and prices will drop again. I bought a 750gb 7200rpm 16mb cache 2.5" drive for $100 pre-flood. Now, that same drive costs well over $200.

 

[careyjesus]

Its a MAC Hardware,developed by the apple