The TeraByte Drives Redefine External Storage

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Test Setup

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System Hardware
Processor(s)AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+2.0 GHz, 512 kB L2 Cache (Manchester core)
PlatformGigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI, Rev. 1.02NVIDIA nForce4 SLI chipset
RAMCrucial Ballistix DDR-400 (BL2KIT6464Z402)2x 512 MB, CL2-2-2-6 Timings
System Hard DriveSeagate Barracuda ATA 7200. (ST316027AS)160 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, Serial ATA II
Mass Storage Controller(s)Integrated nForce4 SATAII & UltraATA/133Texas Instruments TSB32AA2 Firewire/1394b
Test Hard Drive(s)Maxtor OneTouch III Turbo 1 GB
NetworkingnForce4 on-chip Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Graphics CardNVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT, PCI Express, 256 MB GDDR3
System Software & Drivers
OSMicrosoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600, Service Pack 2
Platform DriverNVIDIA Forceware 6.70
Graphics DriverNVIDIA Forceware 81.85

Benchmark Results

Firewire/1394b

Patrick Schmid
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.