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*** *** Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST32000641AS) @ £246.99 inc VAT *** ***

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The new Barracuda XT hard drive from Seagate offers customers a compelling new storage choice for high-capacity, high-performance computing solutions. The new Barracuda XT drive is built on a full-speed, 7200RPM, 4-disk platform. Further turbocharged with a huge 64MB cache and the industry’s new, high-performance SATA 6Gb/s interface, the Barracuda XT drive is destined to set a new standard for high-speed desktop performance. Discerning high-performance PC users, multimedia development professionals and power users in general will appreciate the capacity, performance and flexibility the Barracuda XT drive offers.

- Capacity: 2TB
- Cache: 64MB
- Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
- Spin Speed: 7200RPM
- Warranty: 3 Years

Only £249.99 inc VAT.

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Perhaps im stupid or something but i just don't get why we need 6Gb's for mechanical HDD's they can't even take advantage of 3Gb's so why 6?!?
 
Matt26LFC said:
Perhaps im stupid or something but i just don't get why we need 6Gb's for mechanical HDD's they can't even take advantage of 3Gb's so why 6?!?
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early previews of sata 3.0 aint benchies arent that impressive, they were more impressed with usb 3.0 showing a 4-5x speed increase over usb 2.0. But all this new tech is just too expensive.

Guess a lot of folk are hoping sata 3.0s bandwith will help out SSDs.... something tells me its not gonna be that much better anyhow.

Would still rather have cheap 2tb Samsungs or a move to 2.5-3TB eco/green drives to help push down 2tb prices at least, doesnt make much sense when u can buy 2x1tb for 100 or so quid;)
 
WOW, insane price there, think I'd rather buy 3 x 1.5tb 7200.11 drives for the same price and run them in RAID5.
 
HighlandeR said:
early previews of sata 3.0 aint benchies arent that impressive, they were more impressed with usb 3.0 showing a 4-5x speed increase over usb 2.0. But all this new tech is just too expensive.

Guess a lot of folk are hoping sata 3.0s bandwith will help out SSDs.... something tells me its not gonna be that much better anyhow.

Would still rather have cheap 2tb Samsungs or a move to 2.5-3TB eco/green drives to help push down 2tb prices at least, doesnt make much sense when u can buy 2x1tb for 100 or so quid;)
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Well im sure SATA 6Gb's will become useful for SSD in the future, but mechnical drives come no where near 3Gb's so i really don't see the point.
 
To be honest, at the moment the only real use of 6Gb SATA is if you are using port multipliers (running multiple SATA disks off a single SATA port). As in such a scenario the bandwidth is shared between the disks, on a 3Gb SATA you would saturate the bandwidth if you attached more than 3 mechanical disks (or more than 2 SSDs). With 6Gb SATA you could attach up to 6 mechanical disks (up to 3-4 SSDs) via a port multipler.

However, port multipliers are really for capacity not performance.

As regards putting 6Gb SATA support in the disk devices themselves - there may be a point if the device is an SDRAM disk, but otherwise, little point until a new generation of SSDs and mechanical disks come along with substantially faster transfer rates.

Matthew
 
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