The world's highest capacity 3TB built-in HDD will be released or the photo will be released

Despite being released overseas by Seagate and Western Digital from 3 companies of USB external type 3 TB HDD, it is the built-in HDD of the 3 TB model without a sign of appearance at the very beginning, but the possibility of release It became clear that there was.

External models are not on sale in Japan as it is because the supplied AC adapter has not acquired the display "PSE mark" based on the Electrical Appliance and Material Safety LawBut, with the introduction of the built-in model, will it become possible to purchase 3 TB model HDD in Japan?

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Interne 3TB HDDs van Seagate en WD op komst | Hardware.Info Nederland

Seagate, WD 3 TB drives pictured - www.nordichardware.com

According to these articles, Seagate and Western Digital, which 3TB USB external HDDs are currently on sale, are expected to release 3TB HDD for internal use as OEM model within the year as well.

A picture of Seagate's 3TB model 'ST33000651AS'. Lineup as Barracuda XT series, the buffer memory is 64 MB and the rotation speed is 7200 rpm. It supports 6 Gbps serial ATA interface, and the operation sound is maximum 32 digibel.


Western Digital 's 3 TB model "WD 30 EZRS" has 64 MB of buffer memory and the rotation speed is 5400 to 7200 rpm. Supports 3 Gbps serial ATA interface. In addition, since the operation sound is maximum 29 digibels, it will be more silent than "ST33000651AS".


Incidentally,In order to use a recording medium exceeding 2 TB as a boot drive, it is necessary to have a 64-bit OS and a motherboard compatible with a standard called "EFI"Therefore, even if the HDD of 3 TB model is released, it seems that it will not spread more smoothly than before.