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Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB Hard Drive

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB Hard Drive is a four platter/eight head design which provides a speedy 4.16 msec average latency at a 7200 rpm spindle speed. Being the successor of 7200.9, the two drives are almost similar. Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 is the first desktop drive to feature the perpendicular recording technology that boosts the capacity of the drive by an impressive percentage. Perpendicular technology stands the particles of magnetic media on their end instead of laying them on their side. As a result of this 7200.10 has enormous capacity of 750GB, when compared to 7200.9 with only 500GB. On the other hand, the 750GB 7200.10 is the version which has the most capacity per platter. The Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB combines voluminous storage and high-end performance in a single drive.

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 drive supports new SATA 3GB/s transfer protocol and NCQ (Native Command Queuing). This 3.5” desktop drive has 16MB of cache and supports SATA-150 by default, out of the box. It is the best choice for superb performance, efficiency, speed and durability for all your application needs.

Features:

• Perpendicular recording technology for maximum drive capacity and reliability.
• 16-MB cache buffer.
• SATA 3GB/s interface.
• Ultra-fast performance.
• Whisper-quiet operation.
• Enhanced G-Force Protection against handling damage.
• Spindle speed 7200 rpm.
• 78 MB/s maximum sustained data transfer rate.
• Clean Sweep calibration and Directed Offline scan diagnostics.
• RoHS (restriction of hazardous substances) compliant.
• Applications: Mainstream PCs, Performance PCs, Gaming PCs, Workstations, Desktop RAID and Personal external storage devices.

Comments:

If you want high-capacity storage, Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 drive is your best bet. You can rather use one drive–or two drives configured in a RAID array–than rely on a multi-drive terabyte RAID array, many of which attach four or five drives together. The drive works beautifully and mounts easily. It comes with generous 5-Year Warranty and a massive 16MB of Cache. Choose this very fast, quite and most importantly RELIABLE hard drive to store your important stuffs.