Western Digital Breaks a Record: WD2000JB with 200 GB

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Test System
ProcessorIntel Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz256 kB L2-Cache (Willamette)
MotherboardIntel D845EBT, 845E chipset
RAM256 MB DDR/PC2100, CL2, Infineon
IDE Controlleri845E UltraDMA/100 Controller (ICH4)
Graphics CardNVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400
Network Card3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
OSWindows XP Pro 5.10.2600Service Pack 1
Benchmarks and Tests
Office ApplicationsZD WinBench 99 - Business Disk Winmark 1.2
High-end ApplicationsZD WinBench 99 - Highend Disk Winmark 1.2
Performance TestsHD Tach 2.61PC Mark 2002 (HD Test)
I/O PerformanceIntel I/O-Meter
Drivers and Settings
Graphics DriverNVIDIA reference driver 29.42
IDE DriverIntel Application Accelerator 2.2.2
DirectX Version8.1
Resolution1024x768, 16 bit, 85 Hz refresh

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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.