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Maxtor Ultra16 500GB Hard Drive

Maxtor Ultra16 500GB Hard Drive

Serial ATA-300, 7,200 RPM, 16MB - MPN: L01F500

Rated 4.5 Star Review out of 16 reviews

Description: Featuring a 16MB Cache buffer, Native Command Queuing, an SATA/300 interface with cable and MHX acceleration for multi-stream applications, this kit is designed for power users who demand the ultimate gaming, digital video, and audio experience. The hard drive kit also inclu... read more

Featuring a 16MB Cache buffer, Native Command Queuing, an SATA/300 interface with cable and MHX acceleration for multi-stream applications, this kit is designed for power users who demand the ultimate gaming, digital video, and audio experience. The hard drive kit also includes Maxtor s popular MaxBlast drive utilities for intelligent formatting and partitioning, a drive copy feature for duplicating your original drive and an easy step-by step installation guide. minimize
 

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Stanholio from FL
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4 Star Review Maxtor 500gb SATA 300 Hard Drive

Strengths:

Drive installs easy and comes with power adapter and SATA cable. Of course the ease of installation comes with having a great case to install it in. Excellent drive and documentation.

Weaknesses:

Takes a while to format as any large hard drive would. Formats to only 465GB when using as one drive.

Posted May 29, 2007 - The drive is easy to install, has good speed and comes with everything needed to install and run. The maxblast software is not necessary as windows XP computer manager works much better. I wish that the drive could be used as one drive with all 500GB available. All in all...its a great choice.

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shoe98
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4 Star Review Good price/GB ratio

Strengths:

large drive for price, good speed and performance

Weaknesses:

runs hot, can be noisy

Posted May 13, 2007 - Bought this drive for my new home built system. Thus far is running very well. Haven't run any benchmarks or anything but seems pretty fast. Seems slightly noisier than my old 250GB WD drive, and runs hot. The price is excellent for this size drive.

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marchioli from CA
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4 Star Review Great performance at a great price

Strengths:

Large capacity and slim price

Weaknesses:

Have to be careful to install in SATA II hardware or they will use SATA I protocol

Posted Sep 18, 2006 - I found these disks while trying to find a more economical choice from Ultra320 SCSI disks. These guys are almost as fast and 1/3 the price. I bought four of them and put them in a RAID enclosure for my new Mac Mini multi-media system. I have 1 Tb of storage.

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dsweikum from CA
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5 Star Review Maxtor 500gb Hard Drive

Strengths:

Has a lot of storage space. Easy to setup and use.

Weaknesses:

None

Posted Aug 16, 2006 - Has a lot of storage space. Easy to setup and use. Quiet and fast. High quality brand name. I have used Maxtor hard drives in the past and they have given me no problems. I highly recommend and would purchase again!

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tweekerz from CA
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5 Star Review Solid drive, guaranteed performance

Strengths:

Readily avilable with some work for $149. Easy to install.

Weaknesses:

No PCI add in card provided for free, otherwise none

Posted Dec 9, 2006 - This drive was purchased for use in a HD Tivo Series 3. The Tivo is flawless when this drive is in use. Transferred the original information from the drive using instructions from www.bumwine.com/tivo.h.... These instructions work for Series 2 as well.... way better and easier than Hindsdale and Weaknees method. Keep a copy of your receipt and register the warranty, to ensure your covered if anything happens.

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Dnez0526
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Feb 2006
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3 Star Review Maxtor Ultra16 500GB

Strengths:

SIZE

Weaknesses:

price

Posted Jun 10, 2006 - Well the Maxtor Ultra16 500GB is a exactly what it is, a HUGE drive and speed of SATA So far no problems, no issues with heating or noise. noise is ok and tolerable well I recommend if you want the latest SIZE but also consider other small one whcih are cheaper and you may get twice the size of this one for cheaper

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scheoki from IL
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5 Star Review Maxtor L01f500

Strengths:

Huge Capacity. This is a good, fast, quiet hard drive.

Weaknesses:

none

Posted May 3, 2006 - Great Hard Drive, althought one year manufacture warranty is kind of short, however, MAXTOR has never failed me a single time in the past. I would recommend this to other buyer

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infini2001 from MI
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5 Star Review good drive

Strengths:

huge space and stable drive

Weaknesses:

none so far

Posted Jun 7, 2007 - Compared to Seagate .10 drive, it is not so bad. Not noisy when it is working and not that hot. And it has a good deal which is not available to Seagate .10 drive. I am fully satisfied with this purchase.

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lynoio
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5 Star Review maxtor 500gb

Strengths:

capacity, cost

Weaknesses:

N/A

Posted May 22, 2007 - At first I want to buy a 320GB hard drive, but this is too good to pass. The hard drive is getting cheaper and cheaper and I wish to buy 1TB some time later. Hope the warranty of the hard drive will be extented.

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kaotic
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May 2007
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3 Star Review Great Drive but Price is high

Strengths:

Fast, quiet, reliable, easy to install right out of box

Weaknesses:

Price is a little high for the product. $20 knocked off the retail product would be great.

Posted May 10, 2007 - The hard drive seems to be working fine and it good but i do not believe it is worth the overall price. I think in the next couple of months we will see the prices of 500gb hardrives drop drastically, which then will be worth every penny!

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feelthefusio...
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5 Star Review Excelelnt Drive

Strengths:

Quiet, Long Lastin hard drive which is very affordable with todays deals around the internet.

Weaknesses:

500 gb is too much space! haha thats the only worries i have.

Posted May 10, 2007 - Ultra16 500GB Hard Drive is super fast and is worth every cent i spent if not more! I have tried many other drives but they do not work as nearly as well as this one. This definately makes not only me but my wallet smile. I Have ever been more happy with an online purchase!

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jizjizjiz from CA
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5 Star Review Great product

Strengths:

Very fast, easy to install

Weaknesses:

Questionable Maxtor quality (that's what I hear on technical forums)

Posted May 9, 2007 - So far, I love it. Easy to install, included the screws and cable. The drive came in a small box, and the three year warranty helps. However, I've read about questionable Maxtor reliability. Hopefully, after the Seagate takeover, they're back to being good.

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olderguy from IL
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Dec 2004
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4 Star Review A large fast hard drive

Strengths:

High capacity, low cost, kit includes cables

Weaknesses:

Warranty

Posted May 6, 2007 - This drive is a good value in a large-capacity drive. I've generally had good luck throughout the years with Maxtor drives. Although I didn't have to use it this time because the drive was being added to a system, not replacing a drive, Maxtor's software functions well and can be of help in more complicated installations. Note that this is a kit, meaning that it includes the signal and power cables, which can add several dollars to the price of an apparently cheaper OEM (white box) drive. The only downside to Maxtor retail kits is that they now include only a 1-year warranty. If another manufacturer has a comparable drive at a comparable price, you might want to consider it. The warranty causes me to lower my rating from 5 to 4 stars.

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sbferguson
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4 Star Review GREAT DRIVE

Strengths:

fast. quiet. ample space.

Weaknesses:

only a 1 year warranty

Posted Jun 27, 2006 - Got this on a great deal. It's a great drive as it is fast, quiet and has ample space. The only downside to it is the one year warranty. There are always mixed reviews about maxtor drives, but so far I've had no problems with it.

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yixun
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4 Star Review Maxtor Ultra16 SATA 500GB

Strengths:

High data transfer speed, working ideally as an external hard drive with a case enclosure.

Weaknesses:

Nothing that I'm aware of.

Posted Jun 26, 2006 - I purchased this nice 500GB hard drive from Outpost.com at a very reasonable price. I was able to use a case enclosure to convert it into an external hard drive and the accompanying Maxtor software is very good. I believe the data transfer speed of SATA through USB 2.0 is faster than an internal IDE hard drive. This turns out to be a very pleasant purchase.

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