Conclusion

Well, its not hard to see that Seagate has always, and continues to, mean business. These hard drives not only delivered on a capacity level, but also on a performance level. The majority of gamer's aren't only at their computer for gaming. We are constantly in need of higher capacities whether for game demos, match demos, player videos, music, movies, game installs and so much more. However, we need the higher capacity drives to be able to perform, as well. Seagate understands this need for both capacity and performance, and it is evident in the 7200.10 series. While the price may seem high, we should take a moment to break it down. The lowest price on PriceGrabber is $339.99 USD, which breaks down to around $0.48 USD per GB. Without factoring in the performance, that is an outstanding price, but when you DO factor in the performance it becomes a steal. I know its hard to see that because of the price, but you have to factor in both the performance and the fact it is 3/4 of a Terabyte. My concern would be how to backup such a large capacity drive. If calculated at the formatted capacity of 698GB, it would take 148 single layer DVDs to back up this hard drive when full. Because of this, it is my recommendation to run a RAID-1 or a RAID-5 configuration, so as to have complete redundancy. While I have faith in the reliability of these hard drives, you really never know what can happen and with 750GB you could very well store your entire digital existence on it.

Pros
+ Industry leading capacity
+ outstanding performance
+ amazing 'price per gig'
+ perpendicular recording and all its glorious benefits
+ comes with a 5 year warranty

Cons
- None

Rating
10 out of 10

This line of hard drives has an incredible capacity coupled with solid performance numbers. They are in top flight compared to all their competitors and I am very impressed by this product. I would recommend these hard drives to anyone who not only needs performance, but wants to enjoy having a considerable amount of storage.