Seagate is today launching a range of Barracuda desktop hard drives delivering up to 500GB of storage capacity.
The 7200.9 family of Barracudas sports the latest in SATA features, including, as you'd expect, NCQ. You also get a claimed 3Gbps data transfer rate and the latest ClickConnect connections for SATA cables.
Capacities start at 80GB, so obtaining a 7200rpm, 3Gbps NCQ drive could potentially be fairly cheap. Or, if you have a lot of po... 'media' to store, the 500GB daddy of the 7200.9 family might be preferable.
Confident in the durability and stability of its drives, Seagate continues with its five-year warranty policy. That's great news for the consumer, given that some hard drives are only guaranteed for a feeble one year. Expect these drives to be popping up in stores and inside pre-built systems soon.
Read Seagate's official press release in the HEXUS.pr section.
