Notebook HDDs Deluxe: 160 GB by Fujitsu, Seagate, Toshiba

Comparison Table

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Manufacturer Fujitsu Seagate Toshiba
Product MHW2 BH Series Momentus 7200.2 MK1637GSX
Row 1 - Cell 0 MHW2160BH ST9160823ASG HDD2D60
Capacity 160 160 160
Rotational Speed (rpm) 5400 7200 5400
Available Capacities 40, 60, 80, 100, 120 GB 80, 100, 120 GB 60, 80, 120 GB
Platter 2 2 2
Interface SATA/150 SATA/300 SATA/300
Cache (MB) 8 8 8
NCQ Yes yes yes
Warranty 3 5 3

Test Setup

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System Hardware
Processor(s) 2x Intel Xeon Processor (Nocona core)3.6 GHz, FSB800, 1 MB L2 Cache
Platform Asus NCL-DS (Socket 604)Intel E7520 Chipset, BIOS 1005
RAM Corsair CM72DD512AR-400 (DDR2-400 ECC, reg.)2x 512 MB, CL3-3-3-10 Timings
System Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar WD1200JB120 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, UltraATA/100
Test Hard Drive I Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3500641500 GB, 7,200 RPM, 16 MB Cache, SATA/300
Mass Storage Controller(s) Intel 82801EB UltraATA/100 Controller (ICH5)Silicon Image SATALink SiL3512Driver 1.2.0.57
Networking Broadcom BCM5721 On-Board Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Graphics Card On-Board GraphicsATI RageXL, 8 MB
System Hardware
Performance Measurements c’t h2benchw 3.6PCMark05 V1.01
I/O Performance IOMeter 2003.05.10Fileserver-BenchmarkWebserver-BenchmarkDatabase-BenchmarkWorkstation-Benchmark
System Software & Drivers
OS Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Service Pack 1
Platform Driver Intel Chipset Installation Utility 7.0.0.1025
Graphics Driver Default Windows Graphics Driver
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.