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SATA and PATA Hard Drive Group Test (15) Written by Peter Barnard (10/11/04) Page 15 of 15
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If you haven't already got a good idea of what is on offer,
these summary tables should help a lot. All prices are the cheapest at time
of publication.
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Manufacturer |
Maxtor |
| Model |
DiamondMax + 9 |
MaXline 2 |
| Interface |
ATA 133 |
SATA 150 |
ATA 133 |
| Nominal
Capacity |
80 GB |
120 GB |
160 GB |
200 GB |
120 GB |
160 GB |
250 GB |
| Rotational
Speed |
7200 RPM |
7200 RPM |
7200 RPM |
7200 RPM |
7200 RPM |
7200 RPM |
5400 RPM |
| Cache Size |
8 MB |
8 MB |
8 MB |
8 MB |
8 MB |
8 MB |
2 MB |
| Price (inc.
VAT) |
£41.42 |
£55.07 |
£62.51 |
£74.98 |
£60.75 |
£72.34 |
£112.98 |
| Retailer |
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| Formatted
Capacity |
76 GB |
114 GB |
152 GB |
189 GB |
114 GB |
152 GB |
233 GB |
| Cost per
GB |
55p |
48p |
41p |
40p |
53p |
48p |
48p |
| PC Mark
2004 Score |
4456 |
3663 |
4236 |
4574 |
4606 |
4708 |
3196 |
| Average
Seek time |
6.38ms |
9.75ms |
9.21ms |
8.71ms |
8.69ms |
8.55ms |
10.37ms |
| Typical
Running Temperature |
41c |
41c |
41c |
41c |
55c |
55c |
35c |
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Manufacturer |
Hitachi |
Seagate |
Western
Digital |
Samsung |
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Model |
Deskstar |
Barracuda |
Caviar |
Raptor |
Spinpoint |
| Interface |
ATA 100 |
SATA 150 |
SATA 150 |
ATA 100 |
SATA 150 |
ATA 133 |
SATA 150 |
| Nominal
Capacity |
250GB |
200 GB |
250 GB |
200 GB |
36 GB |
74 GB |
120 GB |
160 GB |
| Rotational
Speed |
7200 RPM |
7200 RPM |
7200 RPM |
7200 RPM |
10 000 RPM |
10 000 RPM |
7200 RPM |
7200 RPM |
| Cache Size |
8 MB |
8 MB |
8 MB |
8 MB |
8 MB |
8 MB |
8 MB |
8 MB |
| Price (inc.
VAT) |
£110.99 |
£82 |
£118.64 |
£72 |
£71.64 |
£119.97 |
£56.98 |
£65.74 |
| Retailer |
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| Formatted
Capacity |
232 GB |
186 GB |
232 GB |
186 GB |
34 GB |
69 GB |
111 GB |
149 GB |
| Cost per
GB |
48p |
44p |
51p |
39p |
£2.11 |
£1.74 |
51 p |
44 p |
| PC Mark
2004 Score |
5398 |
4432 |
4142 |
4105 |
5215 |
5604 |
4596 |
4938 |
| Average
Seek time |
6.93ms |
7.72ms |
10.27ms |
9.93ms |
6.4ms |
5.96ms |
8.1ms |
8.1ms |
| Typical
Running Temperature |
44c |
52c |
56c |
51c |
43c |
43c |
39c |
45c |
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