“So today we continue our series of reviews of 1TB hard drives. Currently on deck are two contenders, both representing the pinnacle of their respective product lines. In one corner is Western Digital’s RE3 drive; in the opposite corner is Hitachi’s latest Deskstar 7K1000.B. These prosaically named products each offer three platters, six heads, and 32MB of cache.”Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Western Digital 300GB VelociRaptor Hard Drive @ TechARP
- Kingwin Elite Series USB/eSATA External Hard Drive Enclosures Review @ ThinkComputers
- 500 GB Hard Disk Drive Round-Up @ Hardware Secrets
- Thermaltake Blacx Docking Station N0028USU @ Benchmark Reviews
- Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB 2.5″ 7200 RPM Hard Disk @ Tweaktown
- ICY BOX IB-390 Series @ TechwareLabs
- QNAP TS-509 Pro Turbo NAS Review @ Ninjalane
- Norco DS-500 eSata RAID Storage Array Review @ Tweaknews
- Hard Drive Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 1.7 @ TechARP
- SanDisk Sansa Fuze (4GB) @ Hardware Zone
- iStarUSA T5F-SS SATA Mobile Rack @ High Tech Reviews
- Vantec Nexstar MX Dual Bay Hard Drive Enclosure Review @ ThinkComputers
It’s sizing up to be a big battle
The Western Digital RE3 and Hitachi’s E7K1000 are the best terabyte HDDs that either company has to offer. Their stats are very similar as far as seek times, number of platters and cache and the differences in performance are just as close. ExtremeTech has their work cut out for them in picking a winner.
