Western Digital Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache IDE Bulk/OEM Hard Drive WD800JB

Product Description ULTRA/ATA-100 SPECIAL EDITION *OEM* From the Manufacturer WD Caviar SE hard drives are designed to maximize desktop computer performance for activities requiring high-performance storage such as computer gaming, digital video editing, and file server applications. Offering capacities as large as 250 GB and equipped with an 8 MB buffer -- the largest buffer available today in a desktop EIDE hard drive -- the WD Caviar SE family delivers data to users faster than any hard drive in its class. Selected models are available with Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) technology, perfect for noise-sensitive computing environments. Superior Performance SE hard drives provide a higher percentage of cache hits and significantly faster time to data than industry-standard 2 MB versions. Within the complex operations of hard drives, the buffer is used to hold the results of recent reads from the disk and also to "pre-fetch" information likely to be requested in the near future. The use of an increased buffer...