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13 August 2016
Good drives, but pretty much obsolete
5 of 6 found this helpful This is probably one of the fastest mechanical hard drives you can get, even today (the newer generation is likely marginally faster, but this is close). However, it is still a mechanical hard drive, and as such, SSDs will still easily beat its performance.
However, if you can't afford an SSD, then this is a great choice for a budget computer. It's certainly fast enough for modern usage, 300 GB isn't tiny, and they can be very cheap used (like this listing). It is a SATA drive (not SAS), so it should fit in any modern desktop computer. Note, however, that this is NOT a laptop drive - it will NOT fit in a laptop, and even if you manage to do so, it will NOT work in a laptop as it requires 12V. A desktop computer provides this, so it will work in one of those.
You can also expect this drive to be rather loud. If you've ever used an old Maxtor drive from about the 10GB days, it's roughly on par with one of those. It does, however, support AAM, so it's possible to sacrifice some performance in favor of reduced noise. For those running Linux, hdparm can do this. There is most likely a similar utility on Windows. The drive also runs quite hot, but in my testing has not reached the maximum allowed operating temperature. If it does become an issue, a small amount of airflow over the drive should handle it.
15 October 2016
Almost as "musical" as the old MFM drives
This is another one of those drives that really only makes any sense to buy if you either collect drives (*raises hand*) or specifically need this model for some bizarre reason (keeping an old early-90s server going?).
Now, as far as 1ish-GB drives from about 1993 go, this thing seems to be pretty decent. It's not quite as slow as I'd expect it to be for having to move so many heads (20) and having such a slow spindle speed (3600 RPM). Although, with the noises this model makes, I almost wish it was slower :P
Speaking of noises, if you end up buying one of these from somewhere where you have a choice of revision, aim for about B5 or earlier. They sound somewhat better. (unfortunately, I got a C0) It's not much of a difference, but the older ones use more mechanical relays and also have a slightly longer calibration process.
15 October 2016
Ancient drive, but good for what it is
First of all, these drives are from the 1990s and are not suitable for a modern computer system.
That said, if you understand that you're getting an old, small (capacity-wise, that is - it's physically very large), and loud drive, it will certainly fulfill those expectations and work fine.
I personally bought one because I think they're fun to play with. Your mileage may vary.