Superior performance and high capacity make the Barracuda ATA products a perfect solution for users looking for speedy ATA disk drives that can boost the performance of their PCs... more
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Y,Drive device, buffer size : 8 MB,Hard disk interface : Ultra-ATA/100,Hard disk average seek time : 8.5 ms,Special features : 350 Gs non-op shock 3D Defense System
A review by adehh on Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 40 GB August 11th, 2005
Author's product rating:
Memory / capacity
Good
Reliability
Excellent
Ease of Installation
Excellent - very quick and easy
Speed
Fast
Value For Money
Excellent
Advantages:
Fast, completely silent
Disadvantages:
None .
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
I have used 2 of these hard drives and never has either of them failed me in any way. Both of the hard drives offer a constant steady speed of around 60MB/s and neither of them make any sound what so ever.
I have used a number of different hard drive manufactures including Maxtor, Quantum, Western Digital and Hitachi. Seagate have to be the only manufacturer who has never let me down and offer completely silent computer usage. I found the Western Digital drive to be very noisy.
After buying one of these hard drives sometime ago for my main machine I decided again to purchase another one for another machine in the house. As stated the hard drives never make a sound and both offer high speed and stability. I never suffered any data loss with either of the hard drives.
The older drive still performs at its speed when purchased and I often format my main machine every 3-5 months to keep it running at best speed so the hard drive has certainly had its usage. I mainly use the machine for gaming and surfing the web, on both tasks the hard drive offers me the speed required.
I've also noticed with some hard drives that as they get older they become more and more noisy; this hasn't been the case with the Barracuda. Although I cannot say this is the same for all of the Seagate range, particularly the older models. I owned a Seagate Medallist for some time and this drive become very noisy in its older days.
If you're looking for a quick small capacity hard drive such as this one then go ahead and buy a Seagate Barracuda! If your motherboard supports it though I'd certainly look into the SATA version of this drive and read up on some reviews, there's a good chance that the SATA version will share the same excellence as this drive.
Features: 3D Defence System, SeaShell, G-Force protection, 3D Defence System, Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor, SeaShell, G-Force protection, Enhanced Partial Response Maximum Likelihood (EPRML)
Compliant Standards: S.M.A.R.T.
Performance
Drive Transfer Rate: 100 MBps (external) / 85.4 MBps (internal)
Seek Time: 8.5 ms (average), 8.9 ms (average)
Average Latency: 4.16 ms
Spindle Speed: 7200 rpm
Reliability
Non-Recoverable Errors: 1 per 10^14
Start / Stop Cycles: 50,000
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces: 1 x ATA-100 - 40 PIN IDC
Compatible Bays: 1 x internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
Manufacturer's product description
Superior performance and high capacity make the Barracuda ATA products a perfect solution for users looking for speedy ATA disk drives that can boost the performance of their PCs and even perform jobs traditionally handled by SCSI technology. The drives offer an unprecedented combination of price and performance for applications supported by ATA RAID systems. Corporate workhorse PCs, high-performance PCs, and high-performance consumer gaming and video-editing systems all benefit from the quiet, performance-oriented specifications of Seagate's Barracuda ATA family. Barracuda ATA drives continue to garner industry press accolades and rave reviews worldwide for their superior performance, ruggedness and value. All Barracuda ATA drives include Seagate's comprehensive 3D Defense System for the best data protection in the industry, and sound barrier technology for the quietest performance available. Seagate provides DiscWizard for easy installation, and SeaTools for quick and accurate drive diagnosis.
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature: 0 °C
Max Operating Temperature: 60 °C
Shock Tolerance: 63 g @ 2ms (operating) / 350 g @ 2ms (non-operating)
i bought this hard drive for my new PC. As I wanted alot of storage space, so, I bought this hard drive. I was in need of such high storage capacity because I do some graphics stuff and also I wanted some space for my movie collection.
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