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December 2009
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The editors liked
Build Quality
Great Performance
2TB Of Space
SATA3 (6.0Gb/s)
Price
Performance
3TB Of Space
SATA 6GB
7200RPM
Tons of Space
Relatively Quiet
Well Built
Lots of storage space. Does not require Host Bus Adapter to access full capacity. Speedy.
High Capacity
Good Performance
64MB Cache
7200 RPM
Huge capacity (2TB)
64MB cache
Very fast burst read
Five-year warranty
100MB/splus reads and writes
Props for early adoption of 6GB/s SATA.
The Seagate Barracuda XT hard drive supports SATA 6Gbps and offers fast performance and a capacity of up to 3TB. The drive is quiet and affordable and its 3TB version supports Windows XP well
System Is Snappier
Backward Compatible With Sata 2
Quiet
Standard SATA Interface
Sata 3 Interface
Seagate Quality
Very good 148 MBps read bandwidth with ATTO Benchmark
3nd-generation SATA 6.0 GBps compliant controller
High 2-Terabyte storage capacity
Outstanding total-package value
64MB Cache buffer improves burst transactions
Low-power standby conserves ener...
Very good 162 MB/s read bandwidth with ATTO Benchmark
3ndgeneration SATA 6Gb/s compliant controller
Massive 3Terabyte storage capacity
Outstanding totalpackage value
Lowpower standby conserves energy
5Year Seagate product warranty
Additional performance available via shortstroking
Excellent performance
Balanced read and write
3TB capacity
SATA 6Gb/s
DiscWizard software for disk cloning and backup
5 year warranty
Very fast drive
Large capacity
New SATA 3 interface
The editors didn't like
None
None Really
Although I would love to see a Momentus XT 3TB 3.5 model some day
Expensive. DiscWizard software slightly clunky.
SATA 6G Didn't Help Performance
Much More Expensive than somewhat slower
Similar capacity drives
Expensive
SATA 6Gb/s interface yields negligible performance gains
Activating SATA 6Gb/s interface on current motherboards prevents dual-GPU operation
Performs better on 3Gb/s SATA
Can't match WD Caviar Black
6Gb/s SATA is unnecessary.
The Seagate Barracuda runs rather hot
Not A Major Speed Improvement
Higher Price Than Other 2TB Drives
Unimpressive bandwidth for the World's first SATA 6G product
2.1TB Barrier not removed via native hardware instruction
Abstract: Seagate has finally started shipping their new Barracuda XT 2TB drives that feature the new 6Gb/s SATA interface based on SATA Revision 3.x specifications. We had an early preview of the drive a few weeks ago and finally received a production level it...
The 3TB Seagate, 6Gb/Sec drive is the largest and fastest internal 7200RPM drive we've tested. In today's market of superfast, but small SSD's, it's nice to see a large, fast mechanical drive. I have three harddrives in my test rig, this one drive i...
Large Capacity, Performance, Software utility to take advantage of operating system limitations, SATA 6Gb/s interface...
Measured access times...
The Seagate Barracuda XT 3TB drive is the next progression up the scale in terms of performance and just raw capacity. With three terabytes of storage space, this drive can hold just about anything you can throw at it, from music to movies to those tr...
In the world of high performance 3TB hard drives, there is no denying the Seagate Barracuda XT 3TB is currently king of the hill. What we have here is a cutting edge hard drive that offers massive capacity numbers alongside some truly impressive benchm...
Performance increase over previous generation, 64MB Cache, Large capacity, 5 Year Warranty...
Not a massive performance improvement, Price...
Testing has confirmed that the latest drive from Seagate does offer a slight performance boost, but not what you would think from the latest technology. It's not a Eureka moment! However, Seagate has even said that the technology is early and performa...
The Seagate Barracuda XT hard drive supports SATA 6Gbps and offers fast performance and a capacity of up to 3TB. The drive is quiet and affordable and its 3TB version supports Windows XP well
The Seagate Barracuda runs rather hot
Storage-hungry users, especially tech-savvy ones, will find the Seagate Barracuda XT a great balance of storage space, backward compatibility, and speedy performance....
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Published: 2009-10-29, Author: Chris , review by: tweaktown.com
Seagate wasn’t the first to market with a 2 terabyte desktop drive, but they did manage to pull off the first and at this time only SATA 6 GB/s drive. On one hand this is a big feat for the company, but on the other being the first doesn’t alw...
Abstract: When Seagate around 2011/2012 launched its new generation Barracuda 7200.14 hard disks, we were very impressed. The 2TB model we first tested performed great, as did the 1TB and 3TB versions. Hitachi and Western Digital introduced 4TB disks a long time ...
Abstract: Hitachi recently started shipping a pair of 4 TB hard drives. We can see that they're pretty expensive, but how do they compare to existing 3 TB models in other ways? It’s time for a comprehensive overview of today's high-capacity hard drive offerings....
Abstract: The verdict is in. Enthusiasts who've gotten their hands on an SSD and felt the difference don't want to go back to using a mechanical hard disk as a system drive. The advantages of flash-based storage...
