Seagate Adds Storage Capabilities
Seagate proves again its leadership in the storage arena, announcing a 250 GB 2.5 inch drive, which is fantastic news for PlayStation 3 users - especially in light of the fact that its only a matter of time before the package to turn a PS3 into a DVR will be available here in the U.S. The 60GB or 80GB models will start hitting the limits of storage rather quickly with all of the additional uses Sony has planned for their device.
The drive size is nothing new, as other manufacturers have drives this size in this form factor, but the Seagate offering is the first to use Perpendicular Magnetic Recording technology, yielding lower platter surface area, and lower power requirements, both leading to longer life and less thermal output.
Home Theater PCs will be able to use these drives in smaller cases, making it much more viable to have a very small ITX package serving in the living room where the desire is to hide the mechanicals of a system. Use in small bedrooms or any other small space would yield no major loss of capacity.
The drive will ship in Q4 (just in time for Christmas!) and be called the Momentus 5400.4, with a price yet to be determined.
October 22nd, 2007 at 10:52 pm
[...] showing how the form factor will be smaller than microATX, better than mini-ITX, and will allow powerful components, in small, standard, and inexpensive [...]
May 27th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
[...] showing how the form factor will be smaller than microATX, better than mini-ITX, and will allow powerful components, in small, standard, and inexpensive [...]
March 26th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
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