Maxtor recently launched their DiamondMax 10 series of hard disks, which are the first drives on the market which boast such features as a 16MB cache and NCQ (Native Command Queuing) technology, which helps boost performance levels of this drive to Raptor-territory, while also delivering huge 300GB capacities and low noise levels.
The DiamondMax 10 is Maxtor's first drive to use 100GB per platter technology, which allows for a peak capacity of 300GB over three platters at this time. Utilizing this technology, it should be a fairly easy jump up to 400/500 GB in the near future.
The site GamePC has tested DiamondMax 10 in a head to head comparison against the Raptor in RAID and non-RAID scenarios. Let's get those platters spinning!
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