Hard drive 'overclocking'?

[inactionman]

Article discusses how to get a £90 1.5Tb seagate performing similarly to a velociraptor at double the price. I may do it myself when windows 7 comes out, unless there's some decent cheap solid state drives out by then.

http://www.techwarelabs.com/seagate_1-5tb-mod/

 

[Embattle]

It seems a lot like short stroking, something I tried with my HDs in the early part of this year and while it does indeed result in improved access times when using a benchmark I can't say I noticed any thing in actual use.

 

[Yaka]

stay the fuck away from seagate hdds.

my 1.5tb hdd diead not long ago even tho it wasnt part of the bad batch

 

[ramathorn]

yeah i have had a lot of trouble from seagate drives, i try to stay away from them as much as possible

 

[Chilly]

seagate lost $3bn last financial year. I wouldnt go near them with a barge pole atm. They will be cutting every corner possible.