bus speed vs buffer

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hagerty
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Joined: Nov 14 2002

I'm shopping for a new hard drive and I need some advice. I've narrowed my search to these (both about the same price):
WD 120GB 7200rpm 100MB/s 8MB buffer
Maxtor 120GB 7200rpm 100/133MB/s 2MB buffer
Which is more important for video editing, bus speed or buffer?

gordo
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Joined: Dec 19 2001

if you jump over to http://www.storagereview.com you find very good reviews of most hard drives and also some discussions of the technology involved.

I would personally get the drive with the bigger buffer, as even the most recent drives, don't really have the throughput to fully utilise the higher bus speeds.

Gordo