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doomforce
06-18-2003, 07:31 PM
whats better?
the 120gb maxtor or the 120 gb seagate,on the sata side?
(i know seagate is less noisy..but what about overall performance?)
BipolarBill
06-18-2003, 11:25 PM
Maxtor.

www.storagereview.com
Midknyte
06-19-2003, 12:16 AM
overall performance? get a WD Raptor. 10,000rpm, baby!
stix_kua
06-19-2003, 01:25 AM
Maxtor.:t
mobo57
06-19-2003, 04:43 PM
got the maxtor 120 uata 133 as my main drive, and WD 36 gig raptor.
the raptor kick's a** when loading game files such as UT II.
but still like the maxtor
homer_simpson
06-19-2003, 06:42 PM
i'll place a third vote for Maxtor
mobo57
06-19-2003, 07:28 PM
ran sandra on both drives,
maxtor and the raptor were close in most catagories, cept access times, 8ms versus 3-4 ms!!

indexed out at 29000+- versus 27000+-, (awful low, got to look at my settings)
real world = loading UT II at Waterfront- maxtor = 13 seconds, WD = 8 seconds, and that is a small file!!! (official timing according to seiko_on_wrist v.1)

forget the benchmarks, look at real world.