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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.

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
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

Manufacturer
Hitachi
Seagate
Western Digital
Samsung
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
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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