Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10

The first consumer-level hard drive with 16MB of o�*nboard cache has arrived, and it’s kicking buffer and taking names. Its official name is the DiamondMax 10, but it’s known around these parts as “the fastest 7,200rpm drive o�*n the market.” That’s right. This drive outpaced the reigning 7,200rpm king—Hitachi’s 7K400—in almost every o�*ne of our benchmarks. And with its 300GB capacity, it’s almost as cavernous.