Reviews for Maxtor SATA Ultra 120 GB Internal Hard Drive - RetailSATA/150 - 7200 rpm - 8 MB Buffer - 3.5" - MPN: L01M120 
By member:
cwitter
- May 3, 2005
Maxtor SATA Ultra 120 GB Internal Hard Drive - RetailStrengths: Great Value Weakness: Slightly slugish performance I bought this hard drive just a few days ago, and it has been performing alright. It seems slightly on the load side, and for that reason I would have to think twice before buying another one. I have worked with Maxtor drives in the past and have never heard a drive so loud. I do though think it a great value compared to other sata drives on the market. 100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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gman757
- Apr 26, 2004
Maxtor SATA Ultra 120 GB Internal Hard Drive - RetailStrengths: Dual SATA/4-pin power option. Good support from Maxtor. Weakness: Slow...slow....slow.... I got this hard drive because I wanted to use to the SATA ports on my ASUS A7N8X motherboard. The Asus mobo includes the SATA data connectors, but my system only has the normal 4-pin power connectors, not the SATA power connectors. So the Maxtor seemed like a good deal because it included both types of connections. I installed Windows XP without burning-in the hard drive...bad move, I had hard drive errors. However I got a good set of utilities from the Maxtor website and fixed everything. In fact, the utilities even have a built in RMA system such that if the utility can't fix the problem, it walks you through the warranty return process. 84% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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Bate119
- Nov 26, 2004
Maxtor SATA Ultra 120 GB Internal Hard Drive - RetailStrengths: Great bang for the buck; inexpensive and reliable Weakness: 7,200 RPM Before installing this drive on my Gigabyte mobo (GA7N400P2), I would typically get 15-20 Mbs on the Passmark Benchmark tests. After installing the Maxtor, I now consistently get 49+ Mbs benchmarks. What I would expect from a 7,200 SATA. Great buy. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top 
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Maxtor SATA Ultra 120 GB Internal Hard Drive - Retail
Strengths: Great price for a 120GB drive. Very easy to install in a pc environment. Comes with screws, drives, instructions and a cd.
Weakness: Feels slower than the one Hitachi/IBM Deskstar 120GB one.
The drive feels slower than the Hitachi drive that I have while booting up with Windows.
While researching the specs afterwards, I noticed that the average seek time is < 9.3ms. My Hitachi Deskstar was 8.5ms.
From my personal experience,I have been pretty lucky with the reliablity with the Maxtor and Hitachi/IBM drives. I had bad experience with Western Digitals, and Seagates.
The Maxtor drive comes with a 1-yr warranty and SATA ready. If you want SATA, you will need to buy a SATA card for the computer.
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