RealWorld Labs recently reviewed the latest Seagate Constellation ES.2 3TB drive in both RAID and single-drive configurations and came away impressed. Reviewer Nik Kastrantas awarded the drive with a “Real Deal Editor’s Choice Award,” offering kind words for the drive’s performance and features.
We’re blushing… “In AIDA64 results of 400MB/s in RAID-0 and 170MB/s in single mode show the Constellation ES.2
3TB SATA 3 model easily beats any SATA HDD we have ever used,” Kastrantas said.
“Bottom line if you really need the storage space and you want the best SATA 3 hard disk drive available in the market in both terms of build quality and speed then the Constellation ES.2 3TB SATA 3 model just might be what you are looking for.”




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