Chris Gohlke
05-21-2005, 01:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.westerndigital.com/en/company/releases/PressRelease.asp?release={CD6D7147-7B01-4512-B717-AE27B9370D7C}' target='_blank'>http://www.westerndigital.com/en/company/releases/PressRelease.asp?release={CD6D7147-7B01-4512-B717-AE27B9370D7C}</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Western Digital Corp. today announced it is now shipping in volume hard drives offering Serial ATA (SATA) interface with 300 MB/s burst data transfer rate. The new WD CaviarŪ SE16 hard drives feature 16 MB cache - 2 to 8 times the cache size of standard desktop-class hard drives - which, combined with its 300 MB/s transfer rate, deliver a one-two performance punch for customers. The new desktop-class hard drives are available now from WD-authorized distributors and in OEM PCs. State-of-the-art SATA with 300 MB/s performance that is up to 3 times faster than EIDE make WD Caviar SE16 drives one of the fastest desktop-class hard drives on the market, perfectly suited for use in high-performance computers, multimedia and gaming systems."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/SATA_t.jpg" /> <br /><br />Wow! 16 MB cache! My first computer hard drive was smaller than that. These should be smoking fast and are supposed to be quite also. They should be available now at about $199 for a 250 GB.