What's impressive here is not only the maximum transfer speed of almost 60 MB/s, but the consistency along the whole medium. Write performance is excellent as well, which means that this hard drive is well-suited for audio or video editing.
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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.