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The fastest mechanical SATA hard drive (marketted to end users anyway) is the Western Digital Velociraptor 150gb 10K RPM. Sells for $230
Running an amazingly close second place for most read/write tasks is this:
The Seagate 7200.11 7200RPM 320GB
It goes for $65. It benches almost twice as fast for transfer rates than my 500GB Seagate 7200.10.
For $65 this really juiced up my computer. Perfect for an operating drive.
It even beat the velociraptor on one or two tests.
Charts:
My 500GB 7200.10 was way down the list at 65MB/sec lol
Thought some of you would wanna know.

Running an amazingly close second place for most read/write tasks is this:
The Seagate 7200.11 7200RPM 320GB

It goes for $65. It benches almost twice as fast for transfer rates than my 500GB Seagate 7200.10.
For $65 this really juiced up my computer. Perfect for an operating drive.
It even beat the velociraptor on one or two tests.
Charts:


My 500GB 7200.10 was way down the list at 65MB/sec lol
Thought some of you would wanna know.