SEAGATE HAS JUST started shipping the Barracuda XT, the first 3.5-inch 7200RPM two Terabyte desktop hard disk drive that has a 6Gbps SATA interface for all your faster than SATA-II needs.The HDD announcement was timed to coincide with the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco this week, primarily due to the fact that the SATA 6Gbps interface can be found on some of Intel's latest P55 motherboards unveiled a few weeks back.
This marks the second two TB Seagate drive, with the low power drawing 5900RPM Barracuda LP having been announced in April. Western Digital beat Seagate to the punch in the high end capacity stakes with its first two TB drive back in January.
The Barracuda XT is backward compatible with the SATA 3Gbps and SATA 1.5Gbps standards, to accommodate those who need more disk space but might not want to fully upgrade their systems yet.
Seagate is expecting its latest Barracuda drive to be used in high performance, high-end gaming rigs first and then also small business servers.
We had no UK specific prices at press time, but as a point of reference the Barracuda XT is selling for $299 in the US or approximately £185.