Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Internal Hard Drive Author: Daniel Topler Date Posted: May 4th, 2003 SLRating Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Internal Hard Drive (200GB): SLRating Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Internal Hard Drive (160GB): Bottom Line: If you are need more space on your PC, the Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Internal Hard Drives are inexpensive, offer high capacity and performance. We believe they are good value but is it worth paying extra for 8MB of Cache and how did they perform? Read on to find out in our official review.... Article Navigation Introduction Design Installation Performance Conclusions Pros/cons Gallery Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 >> Discuss This Article

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The Maxtor 5000DV was extremely impressive as an external hard drive. Not only did it provide durability, speed, and support for both USB and FireWire, as well as Mac Support, but it did it all in a package costing $400 at your local CompUSA. That seems like a lot of money. Well, it is. However, the only 200GB internal hard drive at CompUSA is Maxtor, and costs $350. Therefore, the external add-on is just $50 more, but is a lot more convenient. Don't expect on using the 5000DV as your primary hard drive though!

Although the 5000DV was slightly big, I was still very impressed with the unit overall. Like I said above, it provides durability, speed, wide-range support, and reasonable pricing, and it's great for showing off, as well as backing up data when formatting. Since I have to format about once or twice every couple months, this hard drive is extremely useful for me. It's really a pain to backup everything on CD. That's not going to be needed anymore!

SLRating: 9.5/10

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