[CUBE] New HD

[Joseph Tang]

Thx for the info, I guess I'll stick to the IBM 180 GXP.
jt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Meirion Roscoe" <roscoe at macunlimited.net>
To: "Cube List" <Cube at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [CUBE] New HD


> The IBM (now morphed with Hitachi Global Storage Technologies)  180 GXP
> is a marginally faster drive.  It is an ATA 6 as opposed to ATA 100
> drive (WD).  However, the cube will not see all the 180 GB.  I think it
> will max out at  approx 130GB (Can't remember the actual figure)  so
> it's a waste of money really.  The 120GB GXP is an ATA100 drive and
> looks very marginally faster (0.1ms seek time !!)then the Western
> Digital.  Below are the tech spec links so you can decide for yourself.
>   For my 2 pence worth - rhe western digital 120 is quiet and quick so I
> am a happy camper.
>
>
>
> http://www.hgst.com/hdd/desk/ds180gxp.htm
>
> http://www.westerndigital.com/products/Products.asp?DriveID=38
>
> Cheers
>
> Rossi
>
>
> On Monday, Mar 24, 2003, at 11:53 Europe/London, Joseph Tang wrote:
>
> > Is the WD faster than the latest IBM 180GXP? Im interested to know
> > cause I
> > have to replace the stock hard drive in my G4/733 urgently.  Any
> > advice is
> > appreciated.
> > TIA.
> > jt
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Meirion Roscoe" <roscoe at macunlimited.net>
> > To: "Cube List" <Cube at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 6:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CUBE] New HD
> >
> >
> >> Good - Very good!   ;-)
> >>
> >> On Sunday, Mar 23, 2003, at 22:24 Europe/London, Todd Masco wrote:
> >>
> >>> rossi wrote:
> >>>> I have a Western digital 120GB HD with an 8Mb cache an it really is
> >>>> the
> >>>> dog's penis in terms of silence and heat output.
> >>>
> >>> Ummm... is this a good thing or a bad thing?  I really don't know.
> >>>
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