Western Digital Caviar Drives

I'm looking at WD Caviar drives for my Mac Pro. I think the 640 GB models will be good enough for me, but I'm not sure which to get. Is the "Black" model (XL320M) much better than the older one (SE16 )? I've read a little about each of them, but I'm not sure whether or not there's a substantial difference in performance between the two. I compose/record music using Logic, and would be using this drive for sampler instruments, so it's important that it run pretty smoothly. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

the Caviar Black i believe most of them anyways, have 32mb cache so the latency and read/write should be very sufficient.
the SE16's all have 16mb cache which is still good, but 32mb is definitely a boost and helpful for apps like logic and consistent access.
the 640GB is a perfect drive actually in regards to price and performance, operating with 2x320gb platters (2 physical plates inside the drive itself) less seeking, faster performance and less issues.
the 16mb shouldnt be much of an issue with that drive.
but i do believe they make a 32mb version of it aswell.
the 750GB caviar black are phenomenal drives as i recently got into logic and final cut, and with protools they were outstanding.

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