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Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB
The 500GB 7200.12 has obviously gone through a reduction in size compared to
its bigger brothers. It measures only 19.3 mm high, about 25% less than the
WD Green. This is a form factor that has been used in the past, probably to
save on materials costs with low disk count drives, most recently in the Samsung
EcoGreen 500GB, which we found to be extremely quiet. The risk with
mass reductions of the casing is that sometimes, the drive becomes more prone
to vibration (as in some variants of the WD
Caviar SE16 320GB).
The Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB. |
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500410AS: Key Features
& Benefits
(from Seagate's product
web page)
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| FEATURE & BRIEF |
Our Comment |
Sustainable technology for a green world:
o Typically 70 percent or more of the materials used to build the drive
is recycled.
o Complies with the RoHS directive
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Good. |
| 12th generation of the world’s most
popular desktop hard drive |
The Barracuda line has a long and storied
history. |
| Ships with the most reliable and proven
perpendicular magnetic recording technology |
Nothing new. |
Delivers high performance:
o 160-MB/s maximum sustained data rate
o Up to 3 Gb/s instantaneous burst
o 32-MB cache on 1-TB and 750-GB drives, 16-MB cache on 500-GB drives, 8-MB
cache on 320, 250- and 160-GB drive |
Hopefully the 500GB model's 16MB cache
won't hurt its performance too much. |
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Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500410AS: Specifications
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| Capacity |
500 GB |
| Cache |
16 MB |
| Disks / Heads |
1 / 2 |
| Interface |
SATA 3Gb/s |
| Spindle Rotation Speed |
7,200 rpm |
| Sustained Data Rate OD |
125 MB/s |
| Average Latency |
4.16 msec |
| Weight |
540 grams |
Power Requirements:
Idle / Operating |
<5.0W / <8.0W |
Acoustics:
Idle / Seek (Typical) |
2.6 bels / 2.8 bels |
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