Hard drives

Seagate Momentus XT08-17-2010

Seagate's magniloquently monikered Momentous XT has finally arrived in the TechRadar lab, sporting both traditional spinning platters and a chunk of ...

Seagate Momentus XT11-08-2010

We were lucky enough to test what is currently the largest available version, which has 500 GB, but the Momentous XT also comes in 250 GB and 320 GB ...

Western Digital Caviar Black 1To07-29-2010

Conventional wisdom says solid state drives (SSDs) beat traditional hard drives silly in any performance metric you care to mention. How can the ...

Seagate Momentus XT07-23-2010

As storage goes, the choices for your new drive have generally been pretty straightforward. On the one side there are traditional HDDs, mechanical ...

Seagate Momentus XT07-23-2010

We got the first hints that Seagate was planning a hybrid hard drive when, in response to an offhand question last year, company reps replied with ...

Samsung Spinpoint EcoGreen F3 2 To07-22-2010

The Samsung EcoGreen F3 is very much Samsung's answer to the Western Digital Caviar Green: quiet and low energy. It doesn't excell in terms of ...

Western Digital Caviar Green 16 Mo 1 To07-22-2010

Following our test of the Caviar Green 1 TB in the 32 MB cache version (WD10EADS), we're coming back to Western Digital's green range with a test of ...

Western Digital VelociRaptor08-07-2010

At 10,000 rpm, the Western Digital VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX drive certainly spins faster than the competition. But do faster rotations per minute ...

Western Digital Caviar Black 2To 08-07-2010

For several years at WD, when you're not fighting off the VelociRaptors or Scorpions - the laptop range - you're stuffing your face with Caviar. And ...

Western Digital VelociRaptor08-07-2010

WD has recently updated its VelociRaptor which returns in an even higher performance version, even bigger... even fiercer. Who can stop the old ...