New, Faster, Quieter: The Seagate Barracuda 7200.8

Seagate's New Hard Drives

What's really new with this Seagate drive is the use of platters that can store 133 GB of data. This allows the manufacturer to offer a colossal 400 GB capacity with its top model using only three platters.

While the desktop drive has already been in stores now for a few weeks, the external version featuring a backup button is now out as well. Let's take a look at both.

Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.