Re: [Q] Quantum or Western Digital 7200 rpm? And what is an ATA/66 (sic) card?

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From: Kyong Song
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 00:00

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Hi.
Umm...  I personally can recommend WD ones.  I have two of them and they are
really good.  Quiet and fast.
But, according to www.storagereview.com, looks like Quantum is better under
NT environment.
So, probably, you'd better buy Quantum if you are using NT (Although, I
don't think there will be noticeable different)

And, you won't probably get any performance increase using ATA66 controller.
So, save your money.

K.S.

Lagoth Zanta wrote in message ...
>Hi, I'm hesitating between a Quantum KA 7200 rpm 9.1 giger and a Western
>Digital 7200 rpm 9.1 giger.
>
>I'm told the Western Digital's head speed is 9.0 as compared to the 9.5 of
>the Quantum, favoring the W.D.
>
>Also, I'm also told the cache on the Western is 2 meg, while the Quantum's
>is 514k, also favoring the W.D.
>
>But I've always used Quantum Fireballs without any problems, it's hard to
>let go of something you trust.  Is Western Digital just as reliable?  And
>does the 2 meg cache (if I wasn't misled) a big deal?
>
>Additionally, I was told to purchase something called an "ATA/66" card
which
>will accelerate either hard drive's performance by as much as 30%.
>
>So my question is :
>
>1) Which of the two drives do you recommend?
>2) Is the ATA/66 card worth it, whatever it is?
>
>Thanks!
>
>-me
>
>

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Subject: Re: [Q] Quantum or Western Digital 7200 rpm? And what is an ATA/66 (sic) card?
Date: 1999/07/23
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