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SATA and PATA Hard Drive Group Test (15)
Written by Peter Barnard (10/11/04)
Page 6 of 15

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Maxtor MaXline 2 ATA 133

Manufacturer
Maxtor
Model
MaXline 2
Interface
ATA 133
Nominal Capacity
250 GB
Rotational Speed
5400 RPM
Cache Size
2 MB
Price (inc. VAT)
£112.98
Retailer
Formatted Capacity
233 GB
Cost per GB
48p
PC Mark 2004 Score
3196
Average Seek time
10.37ms
Typical Running Temperature
35c

This drive is Maxtors big and slow offering. The MaXline range of drives are intended to be used as storage drives, and Maxtor emphasize reliability and price above performance.

The drive we have for review here is the 250 GB Maxline 2, which spins at a mere 5400 rpm, and sports only 2MB of cache. This drive is not to be confused with the MaXline 2 Plus range, which are 7200 rpm parts.

The drive runs cool and quiet, only reaching a maximum of 35 degrees Celsius. This is one of the few drives in this group test which run cool enough for you to stack up several of them and sandwich them into a poorly ventilated case. Unfortunately, performance is rather bad, and this is the slowest drive in the group test. Since the much faster Hitachi Deskstar offers the same capacity for the same price, there is very little reason to recommend this drive.

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