PRE-ORDER: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB Hard Drive (In Stock 1/10/08)

Slackworth · 28 Jul 2008 at 13:41

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31500341AS)

By combining proven components and state-of-the-art technology, the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 family delivers up to 1.5TB of storage. Designed with Seagate’s 2nd generation perpendicular recording, the capacity, reliability and performance of this drive ensure the longevity of digital content for years to come.

- Capacity: 1.5TB
- Cache: 32MB
- Interface: SATA-II
- Spin Speed: 7200RPM
- Seek Time: 8.5ms
- Warranty: 5 Years

Just £117.99 +VAT (£138.64 Inc. VAT)

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clocka · 28 Jul 2008 at 13:48

please can you add the 750GB drive that uses 2 * 375GB platters please as i may buy 2.

Do you have dates for these arriving?

Slackworth · 28 Jul 2008 at 14:24

Nothing from Seagate I'm afraid. They will put more focus on the 1.5TB in the meantime as it's the newer product and they will have lots of 3 platter mechs to use up first.

egraphix · 28 Jul 2008 at 16:21

price seems a little too high to me... 2x 1tb drives comes to £180 - extra 500gb for £4? not exactly hard to decide.

Talrinys · 28 Jul 2008 at 16:34

egraphix said:
price seems a little too high to me... 2x 1tb drives comes to £180 - extra 500gb for £4? not exactly hard to decide.

Might be a better choice if you don't want to setup RAID though

Reality|Bites · 28 Jul 2008 at 18:16

Why would it?

clocka · 28 Jul 2008 at 18:40

price is double that of a samsung f1 1tb, cant see many of these being sold until they go under £130. I want the 750GB version tho, i may have to settle for 2 * 640GB WD as they can be had for around £52 now, i'd like 2 * 320gb samsung f1 but they STILL aint at uk retailers.

Stonedofmoo · 30 Jul 2008 at 08:50

Then get the Seagate 7200.11 320gig drives. They're faster than the Samsungs anyhow according to the benchmarks on Tomshardware.

clocka · 31 Jul 2008 at 00:49

the tomshardware benchmarks dont have the newer drives like the 640gb's in the comparisons so you should ignore their table.

Stonedofmoo · 31 Jul 2008 at 07:52

But they do have the 320gig models which is the same but only one platter. Even Seagates own spec sheet shows the 320/640 models at 115MB/s transfer rates while the 500/750/1000 in the line are only 105MB/s

NqR · 31 Jul 2008 at 08:24

the wd 320gb is slower than the 640gb

psychas · 31 Jul 2008 at 08:45

would like the 20 k raptor tbh

Slackworth · 31 Jul 2008 at 09:24

psychas said:
would like the 20 k raptor tbh

Loooooong way off...

milkinc13 · 31 Jul 2008 at 10:08

RAID1 on these drives anyone? and backup will mean a serious amount of DVD's. i would also like to see the 20K Raptors

Stonedofmoo · 31 Jul 2008 at 10:14

I don't reckon we will ever see a 20k Raptor. There's just no point with the pace SSD's are advancing and dropping in price.

Slackworth · 31 Jul 2008 at 10:34

Stonedofmoo said:
I don't reckon we will ever see a 20k Raptor. There's just no point with the pace SSD's are advancing and dropping in price.

If WD don't move to SSD then they won't have much choice but before the 20KRPM even appears the 15K is due first.

milkinc13 · 31 Jul 2008 at 10:39

oo, when's the 15K due slackworth?

Slackworth · 31 Jul 2008 at 10:55

Not this year.

Participant · 31 Jul 2008 at 11:03

Stonedofmoo said:
I don't reckon we will ever see a 20k Raptor. There's just no point with the pace SSD's are advancing and dropping in price.

But...they suck at certain things.

Stonedofmoo · 31 Jul 2008 at 11:11

Not as much as hard disks did when they started!

Give the SSD's time to mature. In the last year they have advanced dramatically and they will only get better in time.