Bij Anandtech heeft men een review online geslingerd van de Quantum Fireball Plus LM 30GB IDE harde schijf. Deze schijf draait rondjes met 7200 toeren per minuut, heeft een Ultra ATA/66 interface en een 8.5 ms average seek time. Zoals we gewend zijn bij AnandTech weer een hele stapel benchmarks. De schijf kwam heel erg goed door de testen heen, maar is volgens de reviewer nog net niet zo goed als de Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40:
The Quantum Fireball Plus LM, 30GB hard drive, is a solid performing drive and turns in impressive results. As you can see from the Disk Transfer Test graphs on the previous page, even though the Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40 has a slightly higher outer track score, the Quantum does not drop as far down on the inner tracks. If we look at the overall average disk transfer rates, the Quantum unit comes closer in line with the Maxtor's average score. Even though it comes close, upon careful examination of the graphs produced by the benchmark, we can see that the Maxtor drive was able to maintain a transfer rate at, or above, that of the Quantum unit, for almost the entire first half of the test. For that reason we have to give the nod to the Maxtor drive.
With average raw data transfer speeds comparable to the highly rated Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40, along with a solid showing in the other tests, we felt the Quantum Fireball Plus LM is about on the same level as the Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40. Even though it edged the Maxtor out on a few tests, we still think the Maxtor managed to hold on to it's lead, but just barely.