FPS3D.com heeft een review gepost van de Quantum Vuurbal KA en vergelijkt de schijf met een 5400rpm Maxtor DiamondMax 6800. Ondanks z'n hogere rotatiesnelheid blijkt de Fireball niet veel sneller te zijn dan de Maxtor harddisk:
The Quantum drive does hang out at the top of the crop in terms of performance, but it's really hard to justify buying it, since such "slower" drives as the DiamondMax 6800 can almost knock it to the floor in the benchmarks. Not to mention without creating noise pollution.If anything, buy this drive for it's stability. It has the most shock protection features of any hard drive in it's price range. Also, it can sustain perfect functionality under fire of overclocking. If you need a hard drive that will protect your valuable data, the Quantum Fireball Plus KA is for you, providing you're not annoyed by a louder than average hard drive.