Maxtor DiamondMax 10 platters?

[James H. Fox]

Does anyone know how many platters the DiamondMax 10 200GB SATA drive has?
Maxtor does not list it in their data sheet, unlike the datasheets for
earlier generation drives.

 

[kony]

Does anyone know how many platters the DiamondMax 10 200GB SATA drive has?
Maxtor does not list it in their data sheet, unlike the datasheets for
earlier generation drives.

Current-gen drives have 100GB per platter IIRC, so that's 2
platters... even if they're up to 120GB/platter that's
still 2 platters.

 

[Skeleton Man]

Does anyone know how many platters the DiamondMax 10 200GB SATA drive has?

Open it and see.. <g>

Regards,
Chris

 

[James H. Fox]

Open it and see.. <g>

Regards,
Chris

I am not that desparate (yet). But if someone has bought one, it might give
the number of platters on the label. It is possible they use three
platters, although two is more likely.

 

[Noozer]

Maxtor's website should list it someplace in their specs. If not, you could
always email them.

 

[James H. Fox]

Maxtor's website should list it someplace in their specs. If not, you
could
always email them.

I did email Maxtor tech support, and here is their answer:

"All DiamondMax 10 drives are based on the company's 100GB-per-platter
platform. So there are two platters in your 200-gig DiamondMax 10 drive."

 

[James H. Fox]

Maxtor's website should list it someplace in their specs. If not, you
could
always email them.

I did email Maxtor tech support, and here is their answer:

"All DiamondMax 10 drives are based on the company's 100GB-per-platter
platform. So there are two platters in your 200-gig DiamondMax 10 drive."

 

[Christmas Ale]

I did email Maxtor tech support, and here is their answer:

"All DiamondMax 10 drives are based on the company's 100GB-per-platter
platform. So there are two platters in your 200-gig DiamondMax 10 drive."

Are these blighters noisy? The Diamondmax 9s were terrible

 

[kony]

Are these blighters noisy? The Diamondmax 9s were terrible

Compared to what?
I have a few of the DM9 drives w/ liquid bearings that
weren't much louder than Samsung or Seagate, but much
quieter than WD's older ball-bearing drives of same era.
They may not be the quietest, so if it's that important
choose something else.