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Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS
$69.99
Released January, 2009
The Pros:Extremely good value. Fast speeds. Quiet operation.
The Cons:Quality isn't as good as the more trusted brands.
The Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS is a Seagate's 500GB model from their Barracuda 7200.12 line-up of 3.5" desktop drives. The 7200.12 family boasts significant performance improvements over their previous generation of 7200.11 drives, featuring data transfer rates of up to 3Gb/s.
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The most significant update in this 12th generation of 7200 drives is increased density, allowing for 500GB of storage in a single platter, which further increases performance.
The Barracuda 7200.12 drives are marketed as highly versatile, suitable for gaming and high-end PCs, as well as mainstream PC use and USB/FireWire/SATA external storage. Seagate also advertises sustainable production methods such as use of 70 percent recycled materials and RoHS directive compliance.
The 500GB model features a 16MB cache (compared to 32MB for the 750GB model and 8MB for the 320GB model), and a high-density structure with a single-disk construction.
Features
- 3.5" Desktop HDD
- 500GB Capacity
- 16MB Cache
- Up to 160MB/s maximum sustained data rate
- Up to 3GB/s instantaneous burst
- Predicted failure rates of 0.34 percent
- built with 70 percent recycled materials
- RoHS Certified
- Perpendicular magnetic recording technology
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quality isn't as good as the more trusted brands
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