Ron Martell says...

> I very much prefer the JB series drives from Western
> Digital, which is what your 8 mb cache model probably
> is. For one thing they have a 3 year warranty as
> compared to the 1 year on the BB series drives with 2 mb
> cache.

> I would use the 8 mb drive as the primary master and
> install Windows on it. That way you will get the
> maximum performance benefit from the 8 mb ondisk cache.

As you say, the drives are the WD800JB and WD2000BB.
Looking at the specs on wdc.com, the only difference, other
than the cache size is:

Data Transfer Rate - Buffer to Disk:

WD800JB - 602 mbps maximum
WD2000BB - 736 mbps maximum

I assume that's just from the higher density on the big
drive. Anyway, that might be offset by the bigger buffer on
the JB. In any case, I'm not sure I would notice the
difference in performance, but certainly would notice the
difference in noise.

I need to put both of these on the same IDE controller. The
other controller has the DVD burner and the CD-Rom drive,
which I don't think I should mix with hard drives.
Please let me know if you see any problem with this setup.