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Seagate Barracuda V Serial ATA Drive Reviewed

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the first-to-market dept.

Mike Parsons writes "Andrew and Adam over at Explosive Labs have a nice review up on the Seagate Barracuda V, one of the first production Serial ATA drives. Keep in mind, Generation 1 of Serial ATA was not meant to be a 'incredible performance jump.' Rather, its intended purpose was to make the industry transition seamless to allow time to mature the future generations of SATA. Generation 2 and 3 of SATA show more promise for those interested in performance, as white papers behind them gives you the nice fuzzy feeling for speed!"

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  1. Three Generations... by ackthpt · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Three generations mean you can buy SATA three times. The SATA controller I have is only version 1. So I'll stick my neck out and suggest that 2 and three will parallel the release of their respective drives.

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  2. Serial ATA Is The FUTURE! by BiggestPOS · · Score: 1, Redundant

    1. Smaller Cables. 2. Hot Swappable :) 3. Small speed bump to 150 Thats all I can think of at the moment :/

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