Seagate just announced the new-to-the-world Barracuda XT. What’s special about it?
- 6Gb/s SATA interface
- 2 terabyte capacity
- 64 MB cache
There’s lots of buzz out there on this drive today – check it out here and here and here.
Barracuda XT is the first drive to sport the SATA 3.0 interface that runs at up to 6 Gb/s. The combination of this 2X faster interface, the Barracuda XT’s 64 MB cache and a SATA 6Gb/s motherboard and you are off to the races!
The drive is best suited for video editing, multi-media publishing and PC gaming applications.
Big, fast and reliable. Now there’s a high-speed Barracuda alternative that goes above and beyond the mainstream Barracuda 7200 drive for situations where screaming speed and high capacity are on the wish list.
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