Top 10 Fastest Hard Drives in the World
Right now, the fastest hard drives belongs to WD VelociRaptor. With all the press, solid state drives have received so many compliments over the last year or so. It would be easy to think that few advancements have been made in the hard drive space. Here are the Top 10 Fastest Hard Drives in the World
10. Samsung SpinPoint SP1614N
Fastest Hard Drives in the World Samsung SpinPoint SP1614N
A good blend of strong performance, plus round-the-clock phone support, even though it lacks an installation kit.
9. Western Digital WD Caviar SE16 750 GB
Fastest Hard Drives in the World Western Digital WD Caviar SE16 750 GB
Top-flight performer posted some of the fastest write times we’ve seen. Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) – The latest generation of WD Caviar SE16 drives employs PMR technology to achieve even greater areal density.
8. Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB
Fastest Hard Drives in the World Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB
This drive was among our fastest performers across our suite of tests. Combining 7200RPM motor speed, SATA 3 Gbps, high speed cache and Perpendicular Recording Technology for large capacity, the Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 hard drives delivers solid performance to meet demanding environments and applications.
7. Western Digital Caviar GP WD10EACS
Fastest Hard Drives in the World Western Digital Caviar GP WD10EACS
First drive to bill itself as eco-friendly with low-power consumption proves it can stand with the big boys. A fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate and cache size designed to deliver both significant power savings and solid performance.
6. Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS
Fastest Hard Drives in the World Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS
Super-fast performer, this 10,000 rpm drive leaves the competition–including WD’s previous Raptors–in its wake.
5. Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 1000GB SATA
Fastest Hard Drives in the World Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 1000GB SATA
Gargantuan drive is a fast write performer; carries industry-leading 5 year warranty. Western Digital’s Caviar GP WD10EACS promises to reduce power consumption; Seagate’s Barracuda 7200.11 1TB, meanwhile, was fastest in write tests.
4. Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1000GB
Fastest Hard Drives in the World Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1000GB
Solid performance across the board on our tests makes this drive an excellent upgrade choice. The maximum throughput rate of this barracuda can sustain up to 126 to 131MB/s, which makes this barracuda the first hard drive to achieve this speed with 1000GB capacity and spindle speed of 7200 rpm.
3. Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS
Fastest Hard Drives in the World Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS
Standard 1TB internal hard drive.
The Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS has three platters with a total of six read/write heads. The WD1001FALS isn’t too loud by our standards, idling at 24dB and generating 33dB of noise when seeking.
2. Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB
Fastest Hard Drives in the World Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB
Great performance plus gargantuan capacity makes this a great drive for storing large media collections.
1.Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB WD20EADS
Fastest Hard Drives in the World Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB WD20EADS
This drive packs in the bits for 2TB of capacity, but its price remains high, despite its competitive cost per gigabyte. Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB WD20EADS Fastest Hard Drives.
