Maxtor Ultra Hard Drive Kit - Hard drive - 80 GB - internal - 3.5" - ATA-133 - 7200 rpm - buffer: 8 MB

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• ASIN: B00007DX3B
• Item model number: Hard Drive Kit
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 31, 2002

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This Maxtor 7,200 RPM hard drive with Ultra ATA/133 interface yields a data transfer rate of up to 133 MBps. It's ideal for speed-intensive applications like digital video editing, database searches, and the latest games. Included with the drive is MaxBlast Plus software for your PC, which guides you step-by-step through the installation process. The drive also features the latest advances in mechanical and electronic design, making it one of the industry's most reliable drives. The drive comes with an Ultra ATA cable, 5.25-inch mounting brackets, screws, and an illustrated installation poster.

Product Description

Designed for users who demand the ultimate gaming and digital video experience. Featuring an 8MB cache - four times larger than that of regular ATA drives - the hard drive in the Maxtor Ultra Series kit is up to 20% faster than ordinary 7200 RPM drives. Equipped with an Ultra ATA/133 interface and a fluid dynamic bearing motor, the 80GB drive combines blazing speed with ultra-quiet operation. Whether your storage needs are for work or play, the Maxtor Ultra Series kits deliver ultra performance.

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Customer Reviews

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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value drive with extra-ordinary performance, December 25, 2002

By	X. Liu "general-electronics" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have purchased and installed 2 WesternDigital and 3 Maxtor hard drives in the past 5 years. From my personal experience, both are good brand. The prices are very compatible for both drives and are all carried 3 years warranty. However I'd rather choose Maxtor in the future. The Maxtor drives have very good utility and are very user friendly, they are easy to install and come with software to help get them partitioned and formatted even you are a first time user. Ultra ATA/133 interface with 8MB Cache makes the drive 20% faster than the regular one (2MB Cache size). Have used Maxtor in many years and never had a failure. Great Drive!

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maxtor - Quiet, Fast & Reliable, July 24, 2004

By	G. Guberlal - See all my reviews

The Maxtor L01P080 7200 RPM 80 GB Hard Drive does what it says it does. When you get the box and open it, there are clear instructions for whatever purpose you intend to use it as, i.e., primary or slave drive. It tells you all jumper settings and walks you through the installation. I use it as my primary drive, sending my Western Digital OEM to the slave position. A lot of people have a problem with the unit, whether this drive or any other, due to technical inexperience. However, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to install this since everything is mapped out for you. One thing, it helps to have your original PC manual handy for removing/replacing/adding a hard drive. But if not, you can always look up your machine on the Web or call your manufacturer. Maxtor has live tech support to answer your questions if you have any regarding its products and they will walk you through the entire process if necessary. Of course, they won't take responsibility for you voiding your warrenty by opening the case, but that's expected.

Now, for the drive itself. It's not overly priced and delivers a solid, quiet and fast file accessing performance. I installed it, used the Maxtor CD Install Kit (which is recommended over using Windows Partitioner or FDISK for good reason, the Maxtor disk formats the drive to the companies standards because using Windows to format the drive will decrease the overall speed and handling of the unit), and had it up in about 30 minutes because I had to switch the drive placement inside the PC.

Once installed, the CD Kit will show you how to (and you can also do a Flash tutorial on Maxtor's website) transfer your data from your old disk drive, format new, make it a slave, et al.

Upgrading from a 2001 Western Digital drive I found the 8MB cache to be quick and I didn't have to wait but a mere few milliseconds when clicking on files, opening projects and loading programs. There's plenty of space to do your favorite video editing, storing video files, music or whatever you have to put on it. Of course, with this drive you'll get faster and noticeably so, however, please keep in mind that the hard drive is what it is -a hard drive - not a CPU, so if you are running a PII or PIII 1Ghz and below, any lag will generally be the processors fault, not the drive.

For the money, you can't beat the reliability and speed of this HD.

Note: Jumper settings. If, or when you remove your old hard drive, please look on that drive for specific jumper settings as they are not universal. Almost all drives list the specific settings to make it a slave or whatever you use it for, right on the top. If not, remove the drive, or find out what drive it is and contact either the manufacturers website and/or call them.

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Correction, February 26, 2003

By	"physics_stud" (MI USA) - See all my reviews

The item description for this drive should read :
- 80 GB Capacity
- 8 MB Buffer