Where are the reviews of current 500 - 750 GB drives?

[Karlsbad]

The only reviews I seem to find on the sizes hard drives I'm interested in, namely < 1TB, done within the last year are all on the caviar SE16 640. Every series which has had a 1 TB come out in that period, such as the F1 and 7200.11 has had the 1TB reviewed and compared exhastively. Am I just not googling well ? There are big performance variations between sizes, which explains why the SE16 640 has been well received, right?

 

[aevm]

I guess you're not googling well.

WD7500AAKS - I have two of these and they are fantastic - quiet and fast
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3061
http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/Western_Digital_WD7500AAKS_750GB_SATA_HDD/

Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB ST3750640NS:
http://www.hothardware.com/articles/Seagate_750GB_Barracuda_ES/

The WD6400AAKS is probably your best choice these days.

 

[technology-sponge]

google google google!

If you want hard disk reviews, try -

THG's own hard disk charts, + Storage Section
Anandtech
Xbitlabs
Bjorn3d
StorageReview

<1TB wise, there haven't been any real big developments in the 3.5" market, which may explain the absense of front page reviews. Only real BIG thigns in the 3.5" market have been WD Green Power disks, VelociRaptor, and Caviar 320/640GB.

Most of the innovation at the moment is in SDD's, 2.5" mobile disks, or the race for the storage capacity crown.