King Of Capacity: DiamondMax 80

Features
By Patrick Schmid
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Temperature, Noise And Vibration

At the rotation speed of 5.400 rpm, the Maxtor drive should stay cool in most situations. Temperature is probably the main reason why the DiamondMax series is not running at the 7.200 rpm that Maxtor planned to use for its largest drive. With its four platters, 7.200 rpm would have made the drive significantly hotter.

The 98196H8 is also one of the quietest hard drives around. Lying on the table, the drive noticably whistled. After installing it into a computer case, the noise disappeared almost entirely. Vibrations are also no issue with this product; the drive runs very smoothly.

Patrick Schmid
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  • taylorparker
    My husband and I moved out of our home last year, and into a small apartment. My husband was promoted and relocated and we are currently in the process of building our new home. Until it is finished, we have been living in our apartment. Because our apartment is smaller than what our home was, a lot of our belongings weren't able to fit and we had to put some in heated storage . At first I was really hesitant to do so, but so far, we have had no problems with it whatsoever!
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