• Seagate Barracuda XT 2 TB (SATA 6 Gb/s)

    Seagate Barracuda XT 2 TB (SATA 6 Gb/s)

    Jayesh Limaye, Mar 11, 2010 1442 hrs IST

    This is the world's first SATA 6 Gb/s hard drive

    Very fast, silent, cool, energy-efficient

    Very expensive

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After the IDE, came SATA 1.0 or SATA 1.5 Gb/s, then SATA 2.0 or 3 Gb/s. And as if that wasn't enough, now there is the latest SATA 3.0 or SATA 6 Gb/s, yet again raising the bar of data transfer limits of the interface. The world's first hard drive with this high speed interface is the Seagate Barracuda XT 2 TB desktop hard drive (ST32000641AS). Known as the XT or extra performance, this drive boasts of superior performance with the platters spinning at an RPM of 7,200. We have this 4-platter drive with us and we will try to find out if the new faster interface does indeed perform as good as it is on paper.

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(7) Comments
Shripad Ganapat
,Chennai, on Mar 27, 2010 08:41 PM
Dude... (the one from Mumbai below) you are wrong, they were not as quick as you claim, definitely not November. They clearly say reviewed on 4th december 2009. Take a look at PC World's own page if you don't believe me - pcworld.in/product/review/seagate-barracuda-xt-2tb at XsK.SimKill - no need for sarcasm that cuts so bad. Yes we all make mistakes, they said 500 MB instead of 500 GB (per platter), so what?
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helping anon
,Navi Mumbai, on Mar 27, 2010 08:24 PM
Hi Anon, Seagate India was the last to move to 3 year warranty. In fact you can still find Seagate drives in channel with 5 year warranty option. All other HDD brands moved to a 3 year warranty a year ago. Secondly, I seem to remember that PC World India (the magazine) had reviewed the Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB drive a while ago (in late-November 2009 i think).
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Anuraag Shrivas
,Gurgaon, on Mar 15, 2010 10:12 PM
i think there is a typo there in price of WD it says Rs3000 instead of Rs13000
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shamit
,mumbai, on Mar 16, 2010 11:47 PM
There is no typo, it says it is Rs,3000 less.
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Imran
,mumbai, on Mar 12, 2010 10:21 AM
Any body knows the serivce center of seagate in Thane or in Navi mumbai ....
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XsK.SimKill
,Mumbhai, on Mar 12, 2010 05:34 AM
eh I'm confused. "The areal density of this 4-platter drive is 500 MB per platter." If its simple mathematics it would leave us with 1.96GB in total if its a 4 platter drive. Where did the other 1.98GB go? Or does areal density mean density per square centimeter/inch?
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Anonymous
,Anonymous, on Mar 11, 2010 08:27 PM
Do not buy Seagate Internal HDD's... They have only 3 years warranty in India while all other manufacturers are giving Full 5 years warranty...
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