Viperlair reviewed the Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200.9 hard drive. This drive comes with 16MB of cache, a 5-year warranty and supports NCQ (Native Command Queuing). Viperlair liked the solid performance of the Barracuda 7200.9, however, users will hardly notice a benefit with NCQ or the bigger cache but this can change with upcoming applications. Here’s [...]
AnandTech published a comparison of three SATA hard disk drives with different performance benchmarks. The reviewed drives are:
Hitachi 7K500
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9
Western Digital WD4000YR
Although the first two drives feature a 3.0Gb/sec SATA interface, the Western Digital drive with only a 1.5Gb/sec SATA interface surprisingly performed the best.
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XYZ-Computing has reviewed the Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250 GB hard drive. They write:
If you are looking for a new hard drive which does a good job of balancing price and performance, Western Digital’s Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250 GB is a smart choice. Our tests showed that this drive offer’s mid-to-upper level performance for [...]