Price Guides June 2004: Optical and Magnetic Storage
by Anand Lal Shimpi & Manveer Wasson on June 19, 2004 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Western Digital also wins out again with their Raptor series drives, which still have no rival in the SATA market. Both Raptors saw roughly around $5 come off of their price tags, which isn't much, but is certainly welcome. The 10,000 RPM spindle, coupled with corresponding seek times, make for the best performance available to IDE-based systems.If performance isn't the key issue and SATA is the choice, Maxtor's 160GB SATA 7200RPM/8MB drive will work more than well enough for a new system or as a companion upgrade to match that SATA-capable motherboard that you just bought.
Be sure to watch for more information targeted directly at the hard drive scene as we bring new storage roundups and comparisons to you, such as "WD Raptor vs. the World."
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SHO235V8 - Monday, June 28, 2004 - link
Kristopher, great advice on the Nu Tech drive! I just built a new Athlon 64 rig and I prefer this burner over the DVD Rom drive I bought as a primary. Other than duplicating a disk, I will be using the Nu Tech drive. For anyone still undecided, that drive rocks!KristopherKubicki - Monday, June 28, 2004 - link
PriceGaz - we will start doing that once we figure out a convention to label it easier.Kristopher
PrinceGaz - Monday, June 28, 2004 - link
There's five 12x burners listed in the pricing table.Any chance of including a "DL" in the table to indicate dual-layer certified drives? I know DL burning speeds are far slower (2x ?) and are unrelated to single-layer speeds, but it would still be useful to be able to see at a glance which are certified as DL capable.
MAME - Sunday, June 27, 2004 - link
only 1 12x burner? The article made it seem like there'd be more than 1