TweakTown

   
Small Font
Large Font
  Home
       News
     Articles
      Guides
     Gaming
     Forums
   Daily Deals
Shopping   
              Audio Reviews Casing & Cooling Reviews CPU & Chipset Reviews Digital Lounge Guides Memory Reviews Mobile Reviews Motherboard Reviews Networking Reviews Software Reviews Storage Reviews Visual Reviews
  Search
   
   RSS Content Feeds
       



 

Click to Fix Common Errors
home > reviews > storage > seagate barracuda 7200.9 hdd – 9th generation emerges
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 HDD – 9th generation emerges
Author: Cameron Johnson SUMMARY: We’ve got Seagate’s latest and impressive Barracuda 7200.9 HDD on the test bench with 500GB and 16MB of cache.
Editor: Cameron Wilmot
Category: Storage
Published: 5th December 2005
Manufacturer: Seagate
Our Rating: 9.5 out of 10

Email this ArticlePrint out a copy of Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 HDD – 9th generation emerges

Slashdot
Rate our Content Now!

Thumbs UpThumbs Down

Introduction

Hard disk drives, one of the oldest forms of storage in the PC, are still being used to this day. Granted they have had a number of changes, they are still using the same principles that were used at their invention, a spinning metal disk inside a vacuum sealed container with magnetic heads to read and write data to and from the drive.

Over the past 10 years we have seen speeds increase not only in the rotation speed of the drive but also the transfer protocol, from a mere 5MB/s now up to speeds hitting 300MB/s. Its easy to see where the slowest part of your PC still lies, the magnetic storage units like HDD’s and FDD’s.

While still the slowest part of the PC, hard disk companies like Seagate have put as much time and effort as they humanly can into increasing the abilities of the current technology, and building on the future of the HDD market. Today we have in our labs the Seagate Barracuda 7200.9, Seagate’s 9th generation desktop hard disk drive. This drive is built on the same technology that saw the 7200.8 dominate the HDD market and added some extra features to the mix.

So how does it stack up compared to its predecessor? Come and take a look.

Page 1 of 8 Next Page


Share your thoughts
Talk about "Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 HDD – 9th generation emerges" in our forum!

Enter your e-mail address for our New Content Alert newsletter and stay updated with all the latest!

We will not sell or share your details with third-party companies


Copyright © 1999-2008 Tweak Town Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.
Advertising | RSS Content Feeds | Awards and Ratings | About Us | Contact Us | Legal