Designtechnica -- Maxtor’s DiamondMax Plus 9 6Y200M0 200GB hard drive is a reliable and solid performing hard drive. Because of its detailed instructions and Maxtor’s utility program, installation is simple to do and error free. Media enthusiasts will love the large 200GB of storage space and because the 6Y200M0 is very quiet, it will not interrupt you while you work. Gamers will love the speedy access times and can rest assured that the 6Y200M0 will not slow you down. The 6Y200M0 proved to be very reliable in our benchmarking tests and showed no signed of trouble – even after prolonged use lasting several weeks. Direct Link

3D Game Man -- The Plextor PX-712A DVD±R/RW Drive is an 8-in-1 combo drive with an 8MB buffer. It's capable of 12X DVD+R, 8X DVD-R, 4X DVD±RW, 16X DVD-ROM, 48X CD-R, 24X CD-RW and 48X CD-ROM. With such technologies as Lossless Linking, Buffer UnderRun, Powerec, and Q-Check, it results in fast error free data reads and writes. The drive is also loaded with lots of excellent software for all your CD and DVD needs. Watch the Video to find out more... Direct Link

ClubOC -- Serial ATA hard drives are beginning to show up in [slightly] larger numbers on the retail shelves and order pages of our favorite vendors. The transition has been painfully slow and I still can't say that I'm happy with the current speed of market movement. There are lots of rumors and press releases floating around the web about drives that are coming, but we've barely been able to get a really good look at what's available right now--until now. Maxtor has graced our labs with an offering from the Flaghship product-line, the Diamond Max Plus 9. Direct Link

ClubOC -- Serial ATA hard drives have been on the market right at a year now. Pretty much every motherboard produced today has a built in SATA controller. I don't know if SATA hard drives will ever outnumber ATA hard drives, but when it comes time to upgrade, you should definitely go SATA. The advantages are obvious, it's all about speed! Today we take a look at Seagate's newest Serial ATA150 hard drive, the Barracuda 7200.7. Direct Link

TweakTown -- Today we are playing host to Western Digital's Raptor WD740GD 74.8GB Hard Drive which includes an impressive list of features such as 10,000 RPM, SATA connectivity and Command Tag Queuing and it is the fastest consumer level Hard Drive we've tested. We compare it against two Seagate 7,200 RPM PATA and SATA drives. Direct Link

AnAndTech -- Here it is, the first look at a soon-to-be popular first DVD+R Dual Layer drive! DVDR-9 is here, but is it worth the premium? Direct Link

AnAndTech -- Plextor floored us with the first retail 8X DVD+R recorder six months ago. Today, we see if they can do it again with the first retail 12X DVD+R device. Direct Link