Best Hard Drives - 495 to 784 Mbit/s Internal Data Transfer Rate, Video editing, 285 to 5120 MBps External Data Transfer Rate

'Speedy performer.'

'5-year onsite warranty'

'Very Low Noise Operation.'

'16 MB Cache Bigger cache means faster performance.'

'Online support is excellent and includes jumper diagrams, a knowledge base, operating-system limits, manuals, and software downloads.'

'Operates cooler.'

'superior performance and reliability'

'solid performer'

'Optimiza-tions in the femto-based actuator/suspension enable the 7K100 to endure 300Gs of operat-ing shock, 1,000Gs of non-operating shock and 600,000 load/unload cycles, contributing to the Travelstar 7K100's highly durable and rugged design.'

'Compared to other standard hard drives on the market, it is inexpensive at around $85.'

'high performance'

'Seagate's newest Barracuda drive uses perpendicular recording technology, which stacks bits vertically on the surface of the drive instead of horizontally, enabling Seagate to achieve greater data density and higher transfer speeds without increasing the speed of the drive's spindle.'

'an improved cabling that enables greater system design flexibility.'

'fluid dynamic bearings'

'Seagate 10K.6 Ultra320 ST3146807LW program that can be downloaded for free.'

'Compared to other workstation class hard drives on the market, it is midpriced at around $300.'

'high spindle rotation speed'

'The 15K.3 comes with 8MB of cache, an ultra320 interface, and is also backward compatible w/ ultra160 as well.'