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Name: Hitachi Deskstar T7K250
Model No. HDT722525DLA380 V440A96A (250GB)
Cache size: 8 MB
CPU : AMD 3000+
Chipset : ULi1695



This one's connected to SATA1 running in IDE mode
 
Name: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
Model No. ST3320620AS (320GB)
Cache size: 16 MB
CPU : AMD 3000+
Chipset : ULi1695



Connected to SATA 2 running in IDE mode
 
Name: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9
Model No: ST330622AS
Cache Size: 16MB
CPU: A64 3000
Chipset: NF3 Ultra

Average Transfer Rate: 62.5 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 135.4 MB/s
Random Access: 11.6 ms



Name: WD Raptor
Model No: WD360GD
Cache Size: dunno
CPU: A64 3000
Chipset: NF3 Ultra

Average Transfer Rate: 49.0 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 105.4 MB/s
Random Access: 8.4 ms
 
HDD NO.1 connected to A8N-E MoBo...

Name of the Drive: Hitchi 7K160 160GB
Model No: HDS721616PLA380
Cache Size: 8MB
CPU: Athlon 64 3000+ stock
Chipset: NV NF4

Average Transfer Rate: 65.3 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 221.9 MB.s
Random Access: 13.7 ms


HDD NO.2 conneted to eSATA Vantec external case

Name of the Drive: Hitchi 7K160 160GB
Model No: HDS721616PLA380
Cache Size: 8MB
CPU: Athlon 64 3000+ stock
Chipset: NV NF4

Average Transfer Rate: 62.1 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 221.9 MB.s
Random Access: 13.7 ms

 
Those external scores are insane... how did u manage them? Cos the theoretical max of a usb device is 480mbps(60 MB/s) and NVIDIA usb barely manages 35MB/s. Is this casing using eSATA?
 
Name of the Drive: Segate 7200.9 160GB Sata

Model No: Donno

Cache Size: 8MB

CPU: Athlon 64 3000+ 1.8G

Chipset: Foxconn - NV NF4

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Eazy said:
HDD NO.2 conneted to eSATA Vantec external case

Average Transfer Rate: 62.1 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 221.9 MB.s
Random Access: 13.7 ms
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Chaos said:
Those external scores are insane... how did u manage them? Cos the theoretical max of a usb device is 480mbps(60 MB/s) and NVIDIA usb barely manages 35MB/s. Is this casing using eSATA?
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Someone needs new glasses :p Awesome scores there easy
 
HDD1

Name of the Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7
Model No: ST3160827AS 3.42

Cache Size: 8MB

CPU: Athlon 64 3000+ @1.82GHz
Chipset: NV NF4 SLI

Average Transfer Rate: 47.8 mbps
Burst Transfer Rate: 128.2 mbps
Random Access: 13.3 ms


HDD2

Name of the Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7
Model No: ST3160827AS 3.42

Cache Size: 8MB

CPU: Athlon 64 3000+ @1.82GHz
Chipset: NV NF4 SLI

Average Transfer Rate: 48.2 mbps
Burst Transfer Rate: 133.6 mbps
Random Access: 12.6 ms

 
Chaos said:
Is this casing using eSATA?
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YUP this is a Vantec eSATA case .... This reading is with the HDD running with an eSATA cable .... but you have to get a cool running HDD otherwise it will burn your HDDs - I got 63C HDD temp when formating a Maxtor 120GB SATA1 HDD in the case !! :O

I checked out the reports in Storagereview forum for the coolest decent speed HDD and there are 2 one is this Hitachi and the other is a super slim 1" high Seagate ST3160811AS - both the Hitachi and Seagate are single platter 160GB HDDs. The Seagate was not available so I took the Hitachi. Paid APEX 2850/- for each of these Hitachi 160GB SATA II - bought two.

This Hitachi idles at 34C in my computer case and 38C in the External case - the other drives I tried idled in the external case at around 50+C !!! :O
 
Didn't get a chance to post my scores before, but here they are:

Name: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATAII
Model No: ST3320620AS 3.AAC
Cache Size: 16MB
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.7GHz
Chipset: Intel 975X

Average Transfer Rate: 67.2 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 137.9 MB/s
Random Access: 13.0ms


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Name: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA
Model No: ST380817AS 3.42
Cache Size: 8MB
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.7GHz
Chipset: Intel 975X

Average Transfer Rate: 48.2 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 133.1 MB/s
Random Access: 12.7ms

 
Hard Disk - Seagate 160 GB Sata II with perpendicular recording(ncq disabled)

Model No - ST3160211As

Athlon 64 3200+ at stock

Asus A8N-E

Seek Time - 16.7 ms

Burst Transfer - 226.9 mb/s

AVG read - 61.1 mb/s



do you think the reason behind the high seek times is the low buffer size of 2 mb? also what might be the reason behind the high CPU usage?
 
Name: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATAII
Model No: ST3250620AS 3.AAD
Cache Size: 8MB
CPU: Intel 915 @ 4Ghz
Chipset: Intel 955X ICH7R
Raid 0 2 x 250gb

Average Transfer Rate: 133.2 MB/s
Burst Transfer Rate: 1530.2 MB/s
Random Access: 13.3ms
 
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