The benchmarks seem to show that Maxtor DiamondMax+ 9 with 8mb buffer is faster than most WD***JB drives aside from the 2000JB and 2500JB (or possibly the 1200JB with the same platter size as the 2000JB).
I asked a friend who has both an 800JB and 80gb DM9+, and he says subjectively, the Maxtor feels somewhat slow, and he says the noise is also much lower on the 800JB.
I've been thinking about getting a 1200JB (hopefully, one with the same platter sizing as the 2000JB), so feedback on both 8mb cache drives is appreciated. I'm taking into account both speed and noise level (Haven't seen good deals on SATA Cuda 5's, and I don't have SATA or an adaptor).
I asked a friend who has both an 800JB and 80gb DM9+, and he says subjectively, the Maxtor feels somewhat slow, and he says the noise is also much lower on the 800JB.
I've been thinking about getting a 1200JB (hopefully, one with the same platter sizing as the 2000JB), so feedback on both 8mb cache drives is appreciated. I'm taking into account both speed and noise level (Haven't seen good deals on SATA Cuda 5's, and I don't have SATA or an adaptor).