Bjorn3D takes a further look at the Seagate NL35.2 Series, ST3500641NS 500GB drive. Here's a bit:

I'll have to say I'm very impressed with the Seagate ST3500641NS 500GB drive. It's a real performer and in fact not a niche market at all but probably more realistically Seagate's conduit to their next generation of SATA drives that will help further to reduce the SCSI dominance in both the workstation and server environments.

While this drive retails for somewhere in the $300 to $350 USD range, it's probably not the drive for every Computer Enthusiast's desktop. If I were judging this product strictly on Computer Enthusiast needs, I would probably detract considerably from this product's final score for the price being very high as compared to other SATA drives. In fact, this product has to be looked at more from the point of view of a company wanting it for a $10,000 workstation or server in lieu of or in conjunction with its SCSI counterpart. Oh wait! It does not have a SCSI counterpart when it comes to size, only to cost. A 300GB SCSI drive, which is amongst the largest currently made, would cost the same company almost $500 USD. So, the cost per gigabyte ratio for this drive then becomes much more attractive.

I can highly recommend this drive to any individual or company in the market for either a workstation or server drive that meets the following criteria established by Seagate: "For systems designed for capacity-intensive, multi-user applications that include many drives (four or more is a good rule of thumb). These applications are typically powered on 24x7, but have low disc drive read/write duty cycles." I also believe this drive to be quite suitable for entry-level server use disregarding the above stated criteria. It's probably also an excellent choice for the Computer Enthusiast wanting one or more drives to backup their valuable data as the MTBF would suggest it has a surprising longevity. Let us also not forget that like every other Seagate drive, these drives possess an amazing five-year warranty.

In other news, GamePC take a look at the latest Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB hard disk drive. The drive is a 16MB SATAII-300 with a five year warranty. While it is expensive - 80c per GB, its performance is absolutely stunning, besting even the Raptor in RAID-0. A 150GB Raptor is no match for a 1.5TB array of 7200.10 even if it is four times more expensive.