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Comparison Seagate Maxtor M3 Portable STSHX-M101TCBM 1 TB vs Samsung M3 Portable 2.5" HX-M101TCB 1 TB

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Seagate Maxtor M3 Portable STSHX-M101TCBM 1 TB
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Placementexternalexternal
TypeHDDHDD
FeaturespCpC
Size1000 GB1000 GB
Form factor2.5 "2.5 "
ConnectionUSB 3.2 gen1USB 3.2 gen1
Manufacturer's warranty3 years3 years
Technical specs
Cache memory8 MB
RPM5400 rpm5400 rpm
General
Power source (external)USB portUSB port
Materialplasticplastic
Size82x112x18 mm112x82x20 mm
Weight151 g151 g
Color
Added to E-Catalogmarch 2017february 2014

Cache memory

The amount of internal hard drive memory. This memory is an intermediate link between the high-speed computer RAM and the relatively slow mechanics responsible for reading and writing information on disk platters. In particular, the buffer is used to store the most frequently requested data from the disk — thus, the access time to them is reduced.
Technically, the size of the buffer affects the speed of the hard drive — the larger the buffer, the faster the drive. However, this influence is rather insignificant, and at the level of human perception, a significant difference in performance is noticeable only when the buffer size of the two drives differs many times — for example, 8 MB and 64 MB.
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