2.2 GB Portable Discs: Castlewood's ORB Drive

Test Configuration

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Test System
CPU Intel Celeron, 500 MHz
Motherboard AOpen AX3S Pro, i815 chipset
RAM 128 MB SDRAM, 7ns (Crucial/Micron oder Wichmann Workx) CL2
Graphics Card i815 On-Board Graphics
Network 3COM 905TX PCI 100 Mbit
OS Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222 A
Benchmarks and Measurements
Performance Tests ZD WinBench 99 - Disc Inspection TestHD Tach 2.61
Temperature Measurements Using the motherboard's monitoring port and a thermistor, we give you the highest temperature value measured on the drive's surface. All drives ran two hours to ensure they were at working temperature.
Noise Measurement We built our own noise measurement crate to avoid influences from other noise sources.
Environment
Graphics Drivers Intel i815 Referece Drivers 4.2
Controller Drivers April 17, 2000
DirectX Version 7.0a
Screen Resolution 1024x768, 16 Bit, 85 Hz Refresh
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.