Tom's Hardware ha pubblicato la recensione dell'Hard Disk Barracuda ATA V, Hard Disk Serial ATA di produzione Seagate. Come precedentemente ipotizzato, in termini di prestazioni i risultati riscontrati sono praticamente i medesimi del disco Parallel ATA di Seagate, esistono però dei vantaggi in termini di rumorosità e basso riscaldamento per quanto riguarda il prodotto testato.

Apart from that, our feelings are mixed. In this exhaustive test of the first Serial ATA drive to be released onto the market, we were unable to discover any performance advantage over a comparable model with an UltraATA/100 interface. At present, our view is: Serial ATA is superior, but not faster than current parallel ATA solutions.

It only makes sense to switch to Serial ATA if you feel that the problem-free cabling is worth it, or if you are upgrading a system and want to buy a drive that is as future-proof as possible. We will only recommend a complete PC with Serial ATA when the controller is included in the chipset - something we don't expect to see until the summer at the earliest. Otherwise our recommendation is to wait and see.