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The most important factor for multimedia is the buffer size.  A double
speed drive with a large buffer is better than a quad speed with a
small buffer.  256K is the minimum you should consider, and Plextor
offers a quad s
peed with 1 MB! (pricey, though).  


In <3sb0qm$jg4@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au> mf322054@student.uq.edu.au (Daniel
Tsui) writes: 
>
>I'm looking into one of 4 IDE quad spin drives. I wish to know which
brand 
>and model is the best buy considering they are all equally priced.
I've 
>quoted the blurb as advertised with this company. From the below info 
>(providing it is correct) the  Pioneer looks the best buy. I'll
probably be 
>connecting this to a Sound Blaster16 VIBRA IDE sound card. Can anyone
offer 
>opinions on the combination of one of the drives below + this
soundcard?
>
>Any help is appreicated. Please e-mail me if possible.
>
>Panasonic CR581K - Quad spin, multisession, Photo CD & XA compliant,
180ms 
>access, and up to 600 kb/sec Data transfer rates
>
>Sony CDU76E-K - Quad spin, multisession, photo CD & XA compliant, IDE 
>interface with xfer rates up to 600 k/bytes sustained and 8.3Mb burst,
tray 
>loading
>
>NEC CDR272K - IDE, Quad spin, multisession, photo CD & XA compliant,
600 
>kb/sec data transfer, 250 ms access time. 256kb cache, includes:
data/audio 
>cables and driver's disk.
>
>Pioneer DRUA124xK - IDE, 614 kb/sec sustained data transfer rate, 110
random 
>seek time (average at quad speed), 150 ms random access time (average
at 
>quadruple speed), 128kb cache. Inc all cables.
>
>
>-- 
>[ Daniel Tsui                ]
>[ St Lucia, Brisbane         ]
>[ mf322054@student.uq.edu.au ]
>