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500 GB per platter; first test of the new disks of 1 and 1,5 TB of Seagate

By crispin. Original by Lionel - 07/01/2009 08:11:47 CET - Category: Hard Drive
Seagate has just officially announced its new range of hard drives, series 7200.12 equipped for the first time with platters containing 500 GB of data and spinning at 7200 rpm.
Puissance PC succeeded in getting its hands on the two models, the 1 and 1,5 TB, and subjected them to many tests.

In short, in spite of the increase in density, these disks do not have a significantly better data flow and lost a little with the access time. The same applies to their power consumption and their noise level.
On the other hand, the fall of the number of platters should bring the price lower, the disk of 1 TB only requiring two platters and 1,5 TB has 3, which is already a good news for the consumers and bad for the competitors of Seagate.
But if you seek a disk of 1 TB having best the possible performances, the choice will be to direct you towards the Western Digital Black that is better for almost all points. However Seagate, being the only one with the 1,5 TB, remains the only choice.
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