Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 500GB hard drive was selected as my new system hard drive. As I mention before, I don’t care much about hard drive because it is the bottom neck of the whole system. So what does Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 500GB hard drive can do?
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 500GB hard drive
Key Advantages
- Delivers 500-GB capacity
- Ships with the industry’s most reliable and proven perpendicular magnetic recording technology
- Delivers high performance
- 105 MB/s sustained data rate
- 32-MB cache buffer
- Environmentally friendly
- Consumes almost 15 percent less power during idle than previous products, enabling customers to build low-power systems
- Meets strict RoHS environmental requirements
- Leverages best combination of technology (areal density, PMR) and proven components for volume availability
- Ships with an industry-best 5-year limited warranty
DriveClone 3 bundled
Technical Specifications
| Specifications | 500 GB |
|---|---|
| Model Number | ST3500320AS |
| Interface | SATA 3.0Gb/s |
| Cache | 32 MBytes |
| Capacity | 500 GB |
| Guaranteed Sectors | 976,773,168 |
| PHYSICAL | |
| Height (max) | 26.1 mm (1.028 inches) |
| Width (max) | 101.6 mm (4.010 inches) |
| Length (max) | 146.99 mm (5.787 inches) |
| Weight (typical) | 543 grams (1.199 pounds) |
| PERFORMANCE | |
| Spindle Speed | 7,200 rpm |
| Average latency | 4.16 msec |
| Random read seek time | <8.5 msec |
| Random write seek time | <9.5 msec |
| RELIABILITY | |
| Annual Failure Rate | 0.34% |
| POWER | |
| Maximum start current, DC | 3.0 amps |
SATA connection
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just recently this few month, my company get project from seagate factory, and few staff in there are damm fxxking bulu one… now when i see seagate product, will feel disgusting…
Haha… Luckily, my friend did not work at Seagate already. Else he is also one of the bulu.
Another copy paste article. Shame on you!
Source- http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c89ef141e7f43110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD&locale=en-US
Hmm… I don’t think that I can change the features and specifications of this Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 500GB Hard Drive.
What else should I put then? Please advise. Thanks.
Writes a few words, copy pastes the rest. Truly disgusting.
Hahaha… Thanks for the ’strong’ comment.
Hi there,
I suggest that you make backups of the data on your Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB hard drive. Do it NOW if you are reading this comment and do not have any backups yet.
Why, you may ask? Come here and read for yourself.
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=128092
Thanks for the information.
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