I was trying to solve Project Euler problem number 7 using scala 2.8

First solution implemented by me takes ~8 seconds

def problem_7:Int = {
    var num = 17;
    var primes = new ArrayBuffer[Int]();
    primes += 2
    primes += 3
    primes += 5
    primes += 7
    primes += 11
    primes += 13

    while (primes.size < 10001){

        if (isPrime(num, primes)) primes += num
        if (isPrime(num+2, primes)) primes += num+2

        num += 6
    }
    return primes.last;
}

def isPrime(num:Int, primes:ArrayBuffer[Int]):Boolean = {
    // if n == 2 return false;
    // if n == 3 return false;
    var r = Math.sqrt(num)  
    for (i <- primes){
        if(i <= r ){
            if (num % i == 0) return false;
        }
    }
    return true;
}

Later I tried the same problem without storing prime numbers in array buffer. This take .118 seconds.

def problem_7_alt:Int = {
    var limit = 10001;
    var count = 6;
    var num:Int = 17;

    while(count < limit){

        if (isPrime2(num)) count += 1;
        if (isPrime2(num+2)) count += 1;

        num += 6;
    }
    return num;
}

def isPrime2(n:Int):Boolean = {
    // if n == 2 return false;
    // if n == 3 return false;

    var r = Math.sqrt(n)
    var f = 5;
    while (f <= r){
        if (n % f == 0) {
            return false;
        } else if (n % (f+2) == 0) {
            return false;
        }
            f += 6;
    }
    return true;
}

I tried using various mutable array/list implementations in Scala but was not able to make solution one faster. I do not think that storing Int in a array of size 10001 can make program slow. Is there some better way to use lists/arrays in scala?