Seagate introduces “world’s first” 6Gbps 3.5″, SATA3 hard drive

In a world full of slow, SATA1/2 hard drives, SATA3 hard drives look to bring a new meaning to the word fast. If speed is your number one concern, look no further than Seagate’s 3.5″, SATA3 hard drive. This particular drive’s claim to fame is that it is the claimed world’s first 3.5″ internal hard drive to ship with 6Gbps SATA3 specs meaning accessing your data will be leaps and bounds faster. If you were to question how fast and I were to give you an answer, it would be along the lines of an entire CD’s worth (~800MB) in one single second. That’s quite a bit of 1′s and 0′s to move around. Other honorable mentions include a 64MB cache and 7,200 RPM rotation speed. Just in case you were wondering, the drive is constructed using four individual platters which equals out to roughly 368Gb per square inch. But what good is all of this new found speed if you don’t have (A) the controller or (B) a motherboard that supports said controller/hard drive?

Thankfully ASUS and Gigabyte have your back on the motherboard front and the controller is also available for your consumption. Older systems can be retrofitted via an adapter to allow the faster SATA3 speeds to grace their aging relics and this new spec is backwards compatible with older 3Gbps and 1.5Gbps hardware meaning you don’t have to go “all the way in” just to get 6Gbps speeds. *sigh of relief* Those looking for the next gen in hard drive speeds can find the Barracuda XT 2TB 6Gbps for $299.

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