各位有看 anandtech 的測試嗎?
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/sh...aspx?i=3269&p=2
WD 有稍微解釋 3200aaks-b3a 的緩慢搜尋時間:
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....After a lengthy conversation with Western Digital, we now understand why the drive performed so poorly in this test. This also explains the good but not great application results in general. Granted, the drive still performs well, but the initial specifications lead us to believe that performance should have been greatly improved over previous generation drives. Western Digital explained the single platter 320GB drive is aimed at the entry-level market where thermals and acoustics are critical for mass acceptance of the drive by the OEM and retail customers.
WD sacrificed a small amount o...