Serial ATA Is Here: Seagate Barracuda ATA V and Five of the Latest Controllers Reviewed

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Read Performance: Tribute To The Noise Levels

Write Performance: Consistently High

In view of the read performance, you would no doubt think that the write performance would also be below that of the competition. In fact, the opposite is the case. While the IBM and WD drives drop to minimum rates of 15 MBytes/sec, the Barracuda ATA V still delivers a blistering performance. A write rate of 22 MBytes/sec is unequalled in our experience!

Patrick Schmid
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.

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