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To: patrick tang who wrote (30086)	10/26/1998 6:50:00 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 33344

patrick, IBM has 7200rpm drives available right now. 14 Gig is for $399 from necx.com Joe

To: patrick tang who wrote (30086)	10/26/1998 7:12:00 PM
From: Steve Porter	Respond to of 33344

Patrick, Check out seagate.. medalist pro (ata-4 version).. 7200 rpm and very SCSI like performance. Steve

To: patrick tang who wrote (30086)	10/27/1998 12:07:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

Patrick - ReL : the 5400rpm ones are so s-l-o-w !" Put your 5400 RPM drive in a Cyrix MII PC - it will seem a lot faster, relatively speaking. Paul

To: patrick tang who wrote (30086)	10/27/1998 12:35:00 AM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

Patrick, the current 7200 RPM drives are too hot and too noisy for general-purpose PCs. The Seagate Medalist 9140 I used for one day got so hot that it required a fan cooler kit of its own. You can hear (and feel) each seek. I'll gladly sell it for the lowest pricewatch price ... and toss in the cooler too. The IBM DTTA series 10.1GB I bought to replace the 9140 runs cool and quiet. Despite 5,400 RPMs it tests out very close to the 9140. And it costs around $200. Note that the DTTA's >10GB run hotter and IBM's 14.4 GB 7,200 RPM drive can create >25 watts of pure heat energy! DMA/66 should help drives run a lot faster without all the cost or environmental problems. Craig