[Pc_Support] Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB [S]ATA for $299 shipped (plus benchmarks)

[Bryan J. Smith]

Fry's now has both the ATA (IDE) and SATA Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
750GB for $299 shipped.  That now brings the price down to $0.40/GB,
pretty much the best for a 500+GB drive these days (although 400GB
drives can be had for $99, $0.25/GB).

  http://shop4.outpost.com/product/4924331  
  http://shop4.outpost.com/product/4882780  

Tom's Hardware has a review of the 750GB:  
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/06/29/seagate_750_gb_barracuda_enters_the_big_league/

These benchmarks do not surprise me.  It's good to see that the
Seagate 750GB not only tops the charts, but the temps aren't bad and
within 7-8C of the best.  At the same time, the 5-platter Hitachi
DeathStar--er, DeskStar 500GB is 133C (over 11C higher, almost 20C
higher than best).

One drive to note is the WD3200JD, the same 320GB Caviar SE I have --
the WD3200SD is the 320GB Caviar RE 24x7 version which I also have,
107GB/platter and "only" SATA/150 (actually an ATA/133 to SATA/150 on
PCB).  These drives are very cool in the benchmarks, and still within
10-20% of the performance of this latest Seagate 750GB.  It's too bad
the WD3200JD/SD are hard to find other than refurb, they were solid,
and sub-$100 just a little while ago (I bought my JDs for $125-150
after rebate some 15-18 months ago, and SDs for $120 shipped less
than a year ago).



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