Maxtor 6Y200M0 200GB
June 14th, 2004 | by Ian Bell
Performance
In our tests we pitted the 6Y200M0 against the Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 6Y160M0 (160GB) and the Maxtor DiamondMax D540X (160GB) hard drives. The 6Y160M0 160GB drive is part of the same series as the 6Y200M0 200GB model with the exception of the platter sizes (the 6Y200M0 uses the 80GB platter versus the 60GB). As we expected, performance numbers were nearly identical. Both of these drives share the same amount of cache, interface and rotational speeds. The Maxtor DiamondMax D540X is also a 160GB size drive, but it has the 2MB cache, uses the ATA 100 interface and has a rotational speed of 5400RPM. While the DiamondMax D540X is a great value and would be perfect for a budget system, it simply lacks the speed to compete with Maxtor's higher-end drives. System Configurations: Windows XP Pro SP1; AMD Athlon 2400+; Abit AT7 Max 2 motherboard; 1GB DDR SDRAM 333MHz; Maxtor 160GB Sata HDD
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by Dave P. on February 29, 2008:
“Worked well for 4 years -- in a system that lost several main power supplies -- not sure why the computer power supplies chronically fail(ed) -- in the Phoenix area -- I hear plenty of power surges??? I would suspect this had an impact on this drive. The...” More...