Finishing in line with the WD2000 SATA, the two jostled places and they both offer a trade off. The WD drive performs marginally better, a 0.8ms lag separating the two. However with an average speed of 50,980KB/s the Maxtor nudges ahead on actual disk writing. The two have a very similar dollar per gigabyte ratio, although for the $19 price variance, Maxtor does offer better real-world performance.
This article appeared in the October, 2004 issue of PC Authority.
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