The main factors to consider for hard drives besides its size are its speed and cache size. To get good performance you will want to get a hard drive with at least 7,200 RPM and 2 MB of cache. Better drives will have more than 8 MB of cache, but also comes with a price.
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If we call RAM our short-term memory, then the hard drive is our long-term memory. This is where all our data is stored. Prices for hard drives have been falling like rocks the past couple years and it will probably be one of the first components you’ll want to upgrade as you use your computer […]
One of the major innovations in hard drives lately is having a big buffer. This translates to faster load times in games and programs. Pick a hard drive that has at least an 8 MB buffer and 160 GB capacity. This Western Digital (B00008BFJW) will give you excellent performance.
Having more space allows you to install […]