Seagate Serial ATA Barracuda V 120GB Review

ToshiroOC · Mar 7, 2003, 12:32 PM

Seagate Technology, a company established almost 25 years ago has always been at the forefront of technology and innovation. They have become a leader in both SCSI and ATA technologies, and recently Seagate has become one of the major driving forces pushing the newest ATA technology, named Serial ATA. For those of you unfamiliar with Serial ATA, or SATA as we like to call it, it is a the newest ATA technology developed by Intel, Seagate, Maxtor, Dell, and APT Technologies. The actual SATA drives use the same form factor as standard ATA/100 drives, but the power and interface cables have been changed and are now flexible and thin, easing airflow inside your case as well as making the inside look more visually appealing.

Right now, in the first phase of SATA, the maximum theoretical bandwidth of a SATA drive is 150mb/s, as compared with the standard ATA/100 who's maximum bandwidth is 100mb/s and ATA/133's, who's bandwidth is 133mb/s respectively. Motherboard manufacturers first started to implement SATA into their solutions for the VIA KT400 chipset, and if you bought an expensive KT400 board, chances are you have SATA built in.

Seagate being a front-runner in SATA technology is the first to come to market with their SATA drive solutions, which right now come in two flavors, an 80gb / 7200rpm / 8mb buffer and a 120gb / 7200rpm / 8mb buffer drive. Both of these drives support "Native SATA", and are selling for around $120 and $180 USD at various online vendors.

Today we will be comparing the new Seagate SATA drives to the "Drive of the Year - 2002", the Western Digital WD80JB, an 80gb / 7200 rpm hard drive that was the first to implement an 8mb buffer for the mainstream market.

--By Paul J., source: VR-Zone

Article can be read here.

Mar 7, 2003, 12:32 PM	#1
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	Seagate Serial ATA Barracuda V 120GB Review Seagate Technology, a company established almost 25 years ago has always been at the forefront of technology and innovation. They have become a leader in both SCSI and ATA technologies, and recently Seagate has become one of the major driving forces pushing the newest ATA technology, named Serial ATA. For those of you unfamiliar with Serial ATA, or SATA as we like to call it, it is a the newest ATA technology developed by Intel, Seagate, Maxtor, Dell, and APT Technologies. The actual SATA drives use the same form factor as standard ATA/100 drives, but the power and interface cables have been changed and are now flexible and thin, easing airflow inside your case as well as making the inside look more visually appealing. Right now, in the first phase of SATA, the maximum theoretical bandwidth of a SATA drive is 150mb/s, as compared with the standard ATA/100 who's maximum bandwidth is 100mb/s and ATA/133's, who's bandwidth is 133mb/s respectively. Motherboard manufacturers first started to implement SATA into their solutions for the VIA KT400 chipset, and if you bought an expensive KT400 board, chances are you have SATA built in. Seagate being a front-runner in SATA technology is the first to come to market with their SATA drive solutions, which right now come in two flavors, an 80gb / 7200rpm / 8mb buffer and a 120gb / 7200rpm / 8mb buffer drive. Both of these drives support "Native SATA", and are selling for around $120 and $180 USD at various online vendors. Today we will be comparing the new Seagate SATA drives to the "Drive of the Year - 2002", the Western Digital WD80JB, an 80gb / 7200 rpm hard drive that was the first to implement an 8mb buffer for the mainstream market. --By Paul J., source: VR-Zone Article can be read here.