Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB HDD Review

Tue 2009-01-06 - Posted by Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

bit-tech have posted a review of the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB hard drive.

Let's see what they had to say:

"While an unquestionably good hard disk in its own right, and a big improvement over Seagate’s previous quad platter 1TB drive in every respect, the response time and subsequent effect on read/copy tasks involving large numbers of small files in comparison to the Samsung stops the Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB from taking the crown of top desktop mechanical hard drive tested to date. For use as a boot or game storage the Samsung is still the superior disk, but if you’re after more storage in a single drive for your media centre or looking to store a ton of larger files, then it's still a superb choice."

This is the largest HDD on the market (for now), but early firmware issues have somewhat tarnished this model's reputation. Furthermore, Western Digital is currently shipping a 2TB model that should be available very soon, so if yo want the biggest & baggest drive you may want to wait a little longer.

Click here to read the full review.

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