PC Peripherals Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB SATA : Review

[dipdude]

Conclusion:

Seagate really does have the Steve Austin of hard drives on their hands with the Barracuda 7200.10, as it really is better, stronger, faster. Better in terms of the lower noise, and lower heat production provided in part by the implementation of perpendicular recording technology. Stronger thanks to greater shock tolerance and reliability also provided by perpendicular recording technology. And faster as proven by testing. Native Command Queueing, a 3 Gbps SATA interface, 16MB of cache memory, and yes, perpendicular recording technology all chip on that.

One thing the 6 Million Dollar Man didn't have going for him was being "bigger", which is obviously something the 7200.10 does have. At 750 GB, it is the industry leader in size and 50% larger than its 'little' brother, the 500 GB 7200.9. It may be hard for many to imagine filling this drive, but with a vast collection of digital multimedia files, digital home videos, or other large files, typical drives can fill up fast.

On a side note, one thing worth considering on a drive of this size is how to back it up. No matter how reliable or how long the warranty is, important data should be backed up, as data loss isn't always the fault of the hard drive. But, considering the size of this drive, your options for complete redundancy are rather limited, aren't they?

http://www.bigbruin.com/reviews05/review.php?item=seagate750gb&file=1

 

[Anish]

Hmm.. nice, not exactly economical though at the moment

$500

My Ultimate HDD subsystem : 74GB x 2 Raptors (RAID 0) - Seagate 7200.10 750GB x 2 (RAID 1) . HDD Bliss...

HD Tach Benchmark :

 

[dipdude]

EXTREMETECH tests the Big Kahuna - which is a big wave - from Seagate, the new generation 750GB hard disk, the 7200.10. GamePC also has it here. It is 50% larger than the competition and while the platter size is smaller - 187.50 vs 200GB, the 7200.10 is a fierce competitor. 16MB cache, SATA2 with NCQ support and perpendicular recording technology with HAMR technology on horizon 2010. Seagate has acquired Maxtor a few months ago and this might be the birth of yet another storage giant.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1959312,00.asp

 

[dipdude]

The performance of the new Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 series keeps it promise by consistently outperforming the previous 7200.9 generation. This is truly impressive as the 7200.10 750GB drive we tested has 50% more capacity, perpendicular recording, and better acoustic results than the 7200.9 product. The thermal results of this drive are superior to the 7200.9 series as long as proper air circulation is provided around the drive. Seagate has taken a technology leadership position in the market for high capacity drives, a position we doubt Hitachi or Western Digital will be able to match in the near future. Seagate has suddenly made it easy and fairly cost effective to have multiple terabytes of storage capacity on the desktop with a drive that's oriented towards the performance market.

We are sure this drive will be very successful in a market that constantly craves additional storage capacity and also requires performance levels befitting the asking price. Seagate has ensured the days of large storage drives only being offered in the slower 5400 RPM range or with other performance limitations are all but over with this product release. While some will find this drive extremely expensive, the normal practice of launching a new drive series at a $1 per gigabyte of storage space has also been swept away by Seagate. The 750GB drive is currently selling for around 66 cents per gigabyte and we fully expect the price to drop further as Seagate rolls out the balance of their 7200.10 drives with capacities ranging from 200GB to 500GB.

What is our recommendation? If storage capacity is your primary concern and your budget allows it, then purchase this drive. It offers superb single-user performance for an ultra-high capacity hard disk and would be an excellent choice for the home theater computer or any video or audio workstation with proper active cooling.

AnandTech: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB: Size Does Matter