Thread: Quantum fireball lct 15 hard drive.

Quantum's big 2 selling details for this repel are its areal density (how much information you can squeeze into a unit of platter space) and its operating noise, with the company claiming some that the repel is whisper quiet in procedure, and, at the time of launch in June 2000, that it was the 1st 15GB per platter hard repel range.

The LCT in the name points of view for 'low-cost technology', and this repel certainly falls into the entry-level cost bracket, while, from our effects, still delivering good operation.The repel has been created quieter by a combination of audio deadening materials and by utilizing a spin speed of 4,400rpm in place of the more conventional 5,400rpm for repels in this class.

This spin speed is let down than lots of the repel competitors, but the high areal density should compensate where seek times are referred, and the lower speed does significantly reduce the operating noise; a claimed 31dB in operating mode, or twenty-eight when idle, which Quantum claims to be between the quietest in the world.



Available in a range that admits 7.5B, 15GB, 20.5GB and 30GB capacities, the LCT 15 repel utilizes the Ultra-ATA/66 interface - backward compatible with Ultra-ATA/33 - and is fitted with a 512KB information buffer to improve operation.

The special repel we reviewed, the 20.4GB model, utilizes 3 active entering surfaces, and has an average seek time of twelve ms. A 1 year warranty is supplied with all the repels in the range, while there's also the choice of a retail boxed repel instead than the standard bare model.