Ready for CeBIT: Fujitsu, Maxtor and Quantum's latest High-Performance IDE Drives

Ready For CeBIT: Three New High-Performance IDE Drives

The cooperation with Fujitsu is working very well. Only some days after our inquiry we received their MPG3204AH-E, the latest high-performance IDE model. This one is available in sizes of 20, 30 and 40 GB. Maxtor is participating in a Tom's Hardware review for the second time. Some moths ago they sent us their 80 GB DiamondMax drive, which is still the largest IDE hard drive available. Quantum is taking part in our reviews as well. We received the Fireball Plus AS at a capacity of 60 GB. There are also several smaller drives available also.

All three drives work at 7,200 rpm, all come with 2 MB buffer memory, and all of them are storing 20 GB per platter, allowing the manufacturer to produce various derivates at different capacities.

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.