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Hard Drive Choices

Hard drives are used for storing your data. Mainly judged for their capacity measured in GB and now TB, with more being better. Seek Times, Spindle speeds, Cache size and Data Transfer Rates define how fast data is written and read from the disk.

 

 

Seagate 80GB Hard Drive 7200rpm 8MB Cache

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 80GB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - 8MB
  • Spindle Speed - 7200RPM
  • Average Seek Time - 11ms

 

 

Seagate 160GB Hard Drive 7200rpm 8MB Cache

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 160GB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - 8MB
  • Spindle Speed - 7200RPM
  • Average Seek Time - 11ms

 

 

Seagate 250GB Hard Drive 7200rpm 8MB Cache

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 250GB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - 8MB
  • Spindle Speed - 7200RPM
  • Average Seek Time - 11ms

 

 

Seagate 250GB Hard Drive 7200rpm 16MB Cache

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 250GB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - 16MB
  • Spindle Speed - 7200RPM
  • Average Seek Time - 11ms

 

 

Seagate 320GB Hard Drive 7200rpm 16MB Cache

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 320GB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - 16MB
  • Spindle Speed - 7200RPM
  • Average Seek Time - 11ms

 

 

Seagate 500GB Hard Drive 7200rpm 16MB Cache

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 500GB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - 16MB
  • Spindle Speed - 7200RPM
  • Average Seek Time - 11ms

 

 

Seagate 750GB Hard Drive 7200rpm 32MB Cache

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 750GB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - 32MB
  • Spindle Speed - 7200RPM
  • Average Seek Time - 11ms

 

 

Seagate 1TB Hard Drive 7200rpm 32MB Cache

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 1TB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - 32MB
  • Spindle Speed - 7200RPM
  • Average Seek Time - 11ms

 

 

Seagate 1.5TB Hard Drive 7200rpm 32MB Cache

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 1.5TB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - 32MB
  • Spindle Speed - 7200RPM
  • Average Seek Time - 8.5ms

 

 

Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM 16MB Cache

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 74GBB
  • Interface - SATAI
  • Data Transfer Rate - 150MBps
  • Cache - 16MB
  • Spindle Speed - 10,000RPM
  • Average Seek Time - 4.6ms

 

 

Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB 10,000RPM 16MB Cache

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 150GB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - 16MB
  • Spindle Speed - 10,000RPM
  • Average Seek Time - 4.2ms

 

 

Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB 10,000RPM 16MB Cache

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 300GB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - 16MB
  • Spindle Speed - 10,000RPM
  • Average Seek Time - 4.2ms

 

 

OCZ 30GB Solid State Drive

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 30GB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - N/A
  • Spindle Speed - N/A
  • Average Seek Time - 0.35ms

 

 

OCZ 60GB Solid State Drive

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 60GB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - N/A
  • Spindle Speed - N/A
  • Average Seek Time - 0.35ms

 

 

OCZ 120GB Solid State Drive

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 120GB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - N/A
  • Spindle Speed - N/A
  • Average Seek Time - 0.35ms

 

 

OCZ 250GB Solid State Drive

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 250GB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - N/A
  • Spindle Speed - N/A
  • Average Seek Time - 0.35ms

 

 

Corsair Extreme X32 32GB Solid State Hard Drive

Faster, cooler, quieter and uses less power. Solid State Hard Drives are the future.

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 32GB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - 64Mb
  • Max. Sequential Read Rate - 220MB/s
  • Max. Sequential Write Rate - 135MB/s

 

 

Corsair Extreme X64 64GB Solid State Hard Drive

Faster, cooler, quieter and uses less power. Solid State Hard Drives are the future.

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 64GB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - 64Mb
  • Max. Sequential Read Rate - 220MB/s
  • Max. Sequential Write Rate - 135MB/s

 

 

Corsair Extreme X128 128GB Solid State Hard Drive

Faster, cooler, quieter and uses less power. Solid State Hard Drives are the future.

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 128GB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - 64Mb
  • Max. Sequential Read Rate - 220MB/s
  • Max. Sequential Write Rate - 135MB/s

 

 

Corsair Extreme X256 256GB Solid State Hard Drive

Faster, cooler, quieter and uses less power. Solid State Hard Drives are the future.

Technical Specifications:
  • Capacity - 256GB
  • Interface - SATAII
  • Data Transfer Rate - 300MBps
  • Cache - 64Mb
  • Max. Sequential Read Rate - 220MB/s
  • Max. Sequential Write Rate - 135MB/s

 

Whilst UK Gaming Computers endeavour to make sure our descriptions are 100% correct, manufacturers may alter specifications slightly, it is your responsibility to check the specification with the manufacturer. Images are for illustration purposes only. If you are unsure of anything, please contact us, we wont bite!