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To: Street Walker who wrote (938)	5/31/1998 9:00:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

>>What is the difference between the Deskstar 5 and 8?<< You can compare a Deskstar 8 (8.x GB) to a Deskstar 5 ( 6.x GB) at Storage Review click on Database storagereview.com The 8 edges out the five more than the 5 edges out the 8. I do not see a difference in primary drives specs ( RPM, seek time, interface) The difference I noted is from the IBM site. It looks like a marginal step. They are using new head technology which enables the higher data density. The Deskstar 8 series has higher capacity drives, although they do overlap. Deskstar 8... 8.4 GB $254 Price Watch, seems hard to beat. storage.ibm.com The world's first desktop PC drive with IBM's MRX (MagnetoresistiveExtended) head technology, Deskstar 8 sets a new desktop drive density world record at 1.74 billion bits per square inch. No bigger than the head of a pin, the MRX head technology component sends out stronger signals than the older head, meaning it can read and write larger volumes of information in a smaller space. Getting close to putting in your order? Are you sticking with Win95? just curious Zeuspaul

To: Street Walker who wrote (938)	5/31/1998 9:25:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Deskstar..Overclocking..>> Now that the market is moving to 100mhz bus, will this HD be problematic in this environment?<< Sorry, forgot part 2. We need confirmation here but I don't think it is an issue. Not everything on the new board is 100 MHz. The overclockers have tricks to speed things up. Things like multipliers. With the ratios the harddrive will be at the same speed as it would be on an LX board. I could get more specific but I would have to do a little research first, front side bus? etc. Zeuspaul