Hard drives - 500GB

25th May 2007

Even if you have a quad-core CPU and GeForce 8800 GTX, without a fast, high-capacity hard disk you'll still be sitting around waiting for apps and games to load. To solve your storage problems, here's our definitive performance test of the latest drives.

Products and Ratings

Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 HDT725050VLA360

Manufacturer: Hitachi
Price: £112.79
Rating: 79%

 

Samsung SpinPoint T166 HD501LJ

Manufacturer: Samsung
Price: £89.15
Rating: 91%

 

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS

Manufacturer: Seagate
Price: £96.35
Rating: 79%

 

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS

Manufacturer: Western Digital
Price: £89.99
Rating: 82%

 

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750640AS

Manufacturer: Seagate
Price: £164.49
Rating: 67%