Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60
The Maxtor DiamondMax 60 is a 7200RPM drive that has a capacity of 60GB. It was one of only two 7200RPM drives we tested, and it was also one of the two IDE drives that cost over $500. The DiamondMax Plus 60 is $50 cheaper than the DiamondMax Plus 80 but it is a lot faster. It was actually the second-fastest IDE drive behind the Western Digital WD400BB. The DiamondMax Plus 60 had a seek time of less than 8.7ms--the fastest of all the IDE drives. It also featured three platters and six heads and it was beaten (narrowly) only by the WD400BB in all the speed tests. One advantage it did have over the WD400BB was that it cost less per gigabyte: just $9.15. (Overall, the 7200RPM drives cost a couple of dollars more per GB than the 5400RPM drives.)
The transfer graphs showed how the transfer rates fell away gradually but we were more concerned over all the hiccups. The drive did not operate very smoothly and (as you can see from the figures) there are visible glitches in a few areas.
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Price:AU$549
Distributor:BBF Components and Peripherals
Phone:1800 803 802
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