Desktop HDD 3TB, 4TB, 6TB Retail Kit
- Storage capacity with SATA 6Gbps NCQ Interface
- Double your capacity and drive down costs with up to 1TB-per-disk hard drive technology
- 1TB-per-disk technology incorporates 340,000 unique tracks in the width of a single inch
- Seagate AcuTrac servo technology delivers dependable performance, even with hard drive track widths of only 75 nanometers
- Free Seagate Disk Wizard software allows you to install 3TB, 4TB, and 6TB hard drives in Windows, including XP, without UEFI BIOS
Description
From the Manufacturer –
The Power of OneThe Seagate Desktop HDD is the one hard drive for all your desktop applications. One drive for every need, supported by 30 years of trusted performance, reliability and simplicity.
Perfect When You Need To:
- Build desktop or all-in-one PCs to equip home servers
- Create PC-based gaming systems
- Implement a desktop RAID
- Build network attached storage devices (NAS)
Proven Quality and Performance
Desktop HDDs are the world's most popular desktop storage solutions. With consistent quality and performance-enhancing innovations and features like native command queuing and perpendicular recording, Seagate delivers time - and time again. Additionally, Desktop HDDs are produced using the most sophisticated manufacturing process in the industry, with a focus on environmental stewardship. Advanced power modes enables you to save more energy while in idle states - without sacrificing performance. Plus, 70% or more of the materials used to build Desktop HDD drives are recyclable.
Maximizes Hard Drive Storage Densities
Desktop HDD, 1TB-per-disk technology incorporates 340,000 unique tracks in the width of a single inch. This incredible storage density drives new capacity possibilities and lowers your total storage costs.
Seagate AcuTrac technology enables storage densities with accurate reading and writing to nano-sized tracks that are only 75 nanometers wide! That's about 1/500th the size of the period at the end of this sentence.
The Size and Performance You Want
You get more bang for your buck with the industry's first 1TB-per-disk hard drive technology.
Your drive is up to 45% faster than the last generation thanks to Seagate OptiCache technology. OptiCache technology combines the latest advances in hard drive microprocessors, DRAM, and proprietary caching algorithms resulting in great performance improvements for you.
Go Beyond 2TB with DiscWizard Software
The sure way to get native access to hard drives bigger than 2TB is to adopt the new BIOS standard called UEFI. If you're not there yet, Seagate has an alternative.
Free DiscWizard software from Seagate provides you a means to effectively utilize your 3TB, 4TB, or 6TB Seagate Desktop HDDs, even with Windows XP and using the standard PC BIOS
What Can Your Device Hold?
1Photos based on a 10-Megapixel camera producing images 5MB in size
2Songs based on average length of 4 minutes, 4MB size
3HD video based on 720p or 1080i video
4Blu-ray HD Movie was calculated at 16.2Gb per hour recording rate