By using its perpendicular technology, Seagate has crammed 188GB on each platter, so the drive just uses four platters to achieve its enormous capacity.

Perpendicular recording stands data bits in a vertical position instead of the usual horizontal plane allowing more bits to be packed on a disk.

The drive

 
has a spin speed of 7,200rpm and a 16MB cache and comes with a five-year warranty. It's also one of the quieter drives on the market.

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