SATA 7200 RPM Hard Drives

Key takeaways

• 4,753 listings match this collection right now.
• A 3Gb/s-era 7,200 RPM drive tops out at a much smaller capacity than a 6Gb/s one, since the slower link became the practical ceiling before larger platters ever needed the extra bandwidth.
• 7,200 RPM is the same rotational class as nearline SAS, so a SATA and a nearline SAS drive at the same capacity perform similarly; the difference is dual-port redundancy.
• Older 3Gb/s SATA drives here tend to be smaller legacy capacities, while 6Gb/s SATA covers the larger modern sizes, so generation and capacity move together in this collection.