Originally posted by: Sean31
I'm am thinking about buying one of these drives, but can't figure out whether my motherboard (Asus K8V-X) has SATA 3.0Gb/s support. Do I need a newer motherboard for the full 3.0Gb/s support? Are these drives backward compatible with SATA 150?
-Sean
How long?Originally posted by: toattett
It's nothing odd. Seagate has always been "paper lauching" it's product. Remember how long it took to have shipping 7200.8 after they announced it?
Originally posted by: leocanuck
7200.0 160 GB, 8MB cache now at Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148105
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
When will SeaGate offer drives with 16MB cache?
Originally posted by: C6FT7
There is no real advantage outside of "bigger is better" propaganda that suggests a 16MB cache is demonstrably superior to an 8MB cache to the point of steering a final buying decision at the time of purchase.
Incorrect.Originally posted by: foodfightr
Hrmm... so far newegg is only carrying OEM versions of this drive, why is that?
I don't think you get the 5 year warranty with the OEM drive, correct?
Originally posted by: Vageetasjn
Incorrect.Originally posted by: foodfightr
Hrmm... so far newegg is only carrying OEM versions of this drive, why is that?
I don't think you get the 5 year warranty with the OEM drive, correct?
Originally posted by: foodfightr
Originally posted by: Vageetasjn
Incorrect.Originally posted by: foodfightr
Hrmm... so far newegg is only carrying OEM versions of this drive, why is that?
I don't think you get the 5 year warranty with the OEM drive, correct?
So what is the difference then? There has to be a drawback.
Originally posted by: WayneTeK
some lemme get this straight..
the 7200.9 is beneficial than the prior generations because it has LESS Platters? Less platters = less problems... less moving parts?
I admit it, i'm somewhat hard drive illiterate. Could somebody basically sum up why the 7200.9 is better? The changes i mean..
Also, this doesnt' support IDE right? So no USB 2.0 hd?
Originally posted by: Vageetasjn
Originally posted by: WayneTeK
some lemme get this straight..
the 7200.9 is beneficial than the prior generations because it has LESS Platters? Less platters = less problems... less moving parts?
I admit it, i'm somewhat hard drive illiterate. Could somebody basically sum up why the 7200.9 is better? The changes i mean..
Also, this doesnt' support IDE right? So no USB 2.0 hd?
Data density on a platter (areal density) tends to have a direct relationship with performance. Basically, higher areal density means better performance and the possibility of larger capacity HDs since you can only fit so many platters in there.
I would assume an IDE version of the drive will be released.
EDIT: The 7200.9 series uses this data storage technique: perpendicular recording
I don't know that to be a fact.Originally posted by: WayneTeK
Yeah, i saw the HItachi version of it.. I know for the 7200.8 HD versions that were higher than 200GB had a higher failure rate.. So will this 7200.9 version address the failure rate of the higher capcity drives?
Originally posted by: Andres3605
i have a 7200.7 120gb and a 7200.8 250gb excellent drives
Originally posted by: Vageetasjn
EDIT: The 7200.9 series uses this data storage technique: perpendicular recording