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Markel · 07-20-2009, 10:20 PM

This is pretty cool. This article shows how to modify a 1.5GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS to turn it into a 300GB drive that outperforms a 300GB Velociraptor in almost every category. Seeing that the Seagate drive goes for about $120 and the Velociraptor goes for around $230, it's not such a bad deal losing 1.2GB of capacity. And if you want to sacrifice a bit of that speed (and still beat the Velociraptor) you can make it into an 819GB drive. Pretty interesting.

http://www.techwarelabs.com/seagate_1-5tb-mod/

07-20-2009, 10:20 PM	#1
Markel Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 11,733	Better Than Velociraptor Speed for About Half the Price This is pretty cool. This article shows how to modify a 1.5GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS to turn it into a 300GB drive that outperforms a 300GB Velociraptor in almost every category. Seeing that the Seagate drive goes for about $120 and the Velociraptor goes for around $230, it's not such a bad deal losing 1.2GB of capacity. And if you want to sacrifice a bit of that speed (and still beat the Velociraptor) you can make it into an 819GB drive. Pretty interesting. http://www.techwarelabs.com/seagate_1-5tb-mod/ __________________ stay low... keep moving...