Tom’s Winter 2008 Hard Drive Guide
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Page 1:Buying The Perfect Hard Drive
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Page 2:Desktop HDDs: Differences
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Page 3:Hitachi: Deskstar 7K1000 and Deskstar 7K1000.B
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Page 4:Samsung: Spinpoint F
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Page 5:Seagate: Barracuda 7200.11
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Page 6:Western Digital: Mainstream and Low Power
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Page 7:Western Digital: High Performance
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Page 8:HDD Comparison Table
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Page 9:Test Setup and Transfer Diagrams - Hitachi, Samsung
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Page 10:Transfer Diagrams - Seagate, WD
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Page 11:Throughput and Interface Performance
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Page 12:Access Time and I/O Performance
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Page 13:PCMark05, Power Requirements and Temperature
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Page 14:Performance per Watt: Workstation I/Os
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Page 15:Performance per Watt: Streaming Reads
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Page 16:Conclusion and Recommendations
Transfer Diagrams - Seagate, WD
Transfer Diagrams - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
Transfer Diagrams - WD Caviar And VelociRaptor
Summary
- Buying The Perfect Hard Drive
- Desktop HDDs: Differences
- Hitachi: Deskstar 7K1000 and Deskstar 7K1000.B
- Samsung: Spinpoint F
- Seagate: Barracuda 7200.11
- Western Digital: Mainstream and Low Power
- Western Digital: High Performance
- HDD Comparison Table
- Test Setup and Transfer Diagrams - Hitachi, Samsung
- Transfer Diagrams - Seagate, WD
- Throughput and Interface Performance
- Access Time and I/O Performance
- PCMark05, Power Requirements and Temperature
- Performance per Watt: Workstation I/Os
- Performance per Watt: Streaming Reads
- Conclusion and Recommendations
