16MB HDD Buffer: Higher Performance??

Well, you might not believe it, but there is no difference in performance between a HDD having 8MB buffer and one having 16MB. It has been tested and there is a difference, but the difference is less than 1% so paying more for something that doesn't really make any changes doesn't look very good. These are things you should take into account if you're thinking of building your own gaming computer. And don't make the same mistake as I, you won't get a nicer performance with a SATA II HDD than with an IDE. You will not detect it, there is, but it is very small. What happens??? The Sata connectors allow for heavier data traffic to go through the wires than IDE, but hard drives are not as fast as to need such powerful wires. The performance is seen when connecting multiple HDD, in that case you will see an incredible data transfer rate between both hdd. You will take advantage of the SATA II connectors.