Making Gigabytes mobile: Firewire Harddrive from Western Digital

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Test Configuration

Again I made use of our standard setup for storage tests. Plus the WD PCI adapter, of course.

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Test system
Processor	Intel Celeron, 500 MHz
Motherboard	IWill W100, I810 Chipsatz
RAM	128 MB SDRAM, 7ns (Crucial/Micron or Wichmann Workx ) CL2
IDE Controller	i810 UltraDMA/66-Controller (ICH)
Graphics card	i810 On-Board
Network	3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
OS	Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222 A
Benchmarks and Measurements
Content Creation Benchmark	ZD Content Creation Winstone 2000
Performance	ZD WinBench 99 - Disc Inspection Test
Temperature	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.
Drivers and Settings
Graphics drivers	Intel I810 Reference drivers 4.11.01.2555 for Windows 98
IDE drivers	Intel Busmaster DMA drivers 6.0
DirectX Version	7.0a
Screen resolution	1024x768, 16 Bit, 85 Hz Refresh

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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.