seagate barracuda 7200.12 500 gb 7200rpm sata 6gb s with ncq 16mb cache 3.5-inch internal bare-oem drives st3500413as
seagate barracuda drives deliver reliable service and high performance . the barracuda family has been developed and refined over 12 generations and embodies the highest levels of design for reliability and performance . while barracuda lp is the low power leader the entire family of barracuda drives lead with environmentally friendly storage . typically 70 percent or more of the materials used in each drive are recycled as well as being rohs compliant . with capacities from 160gb all the way to 2tb and cache sizes up to 64mb there is barracuda drive to fit your needs -- whether it s for a mainstream pc high-end pc gaming pc desktop raid or external storage . seagate barracuda is perfect for replacing or expanding your desktop drive capacity performance and reliability for everyone working with huge files has never been easier . that s because the seagate barracuda drive is incredibly fast and offers all the storage space you need . best of all seagate reliability is built in with self-monitoring tools and easy remote maintenance . the seagate barracuda 3.5-inch internal drive is perfect for replacing or expanding your desktop drive capacity in desktop pcs and macs . from digital workstations to high-performance pc-based gaming systems you ll see faster performance and a better computing experience from the inside out . or use barracuda in external storage devices and home servers for expanded storage for your movies music and photos all with built-in self-monitoring for superb long-term reliability . why choose the seagate barracuda seagate technology delivers the industry s first one-disk 500gb and two-disk 1tb hard drives which simultaneously lowers storage costs and improves performance . barracuda hard drives give you all the storage capacity you need ranging from 160gb up to 2tb . featuring a fast 7200-rpm drive the barracuda offers sustained transfer rates of up to 125mb s. barracuda delivers the optimum mix of performance and energy efficiency thanks to perpendicular recording technology a sata 3gb s interface native command queuing ncq and up to 64mb cache . engineered for high performance the barracuda is compatible with all modern operating systems fluid dynamic bearing motor for quiet performance the fluid dynamic bearing motor delivers a better acoustic experience . it ensures whisper-quiet operation along with reduced power consumption and heat generation . compatible with all modern operating systems engineered for high performance seagate barracuda 3.5-inch internal hard drives are compatible with all modern versions of windows as well as mac os x and most versions of linux . performance boost when using seagate hard drives with windows 7 compared to previous versions of windows windows 7 has shown to use fewer hard drive resources for system boot and general os operations speeding up overall performance and leaving more storage resources for applications . seagate testing confirms improved performance from windows vista to windows 7 on like hard drives with only cache size differences . so you can expect a better experience when using seagate drives with windows 7 . includes discwizard software it s your data -- make sure it s safe . in addition to simple installation with windows disk management or macos disk utility the seagate barracuda includes easy full system backup and data migration with award-winning discwizard software . technology leadership for desktop storage the seagate barracuda hard drive continues a long tradition of seagate technology leadership resulting in new capacity milestones faster performance and rock-solid reliability . the drive delivers 500gb-per-disk densities with the fast performance and huge capacities to power today s storage-hungry applications at prices more affordable than ever . what the critics are saying about the seagate barracuda first two platter 1tb drive wicked fast . beats previous contender easily . strong performance and noticeably quieter than its predecessor . the barracuda 7200.12 1tb is more than good enough for an os drive but also good bottomless storage for your movies and music . the seagate barracuda 7200.12 st31000528as 1tb hard drive is speedy and offers good value . if you need 1tb of data storage in a single drive this is worth considering . blazing fast speeds silent cool energy efficient 2009 editor s choice award over the period of about 4 weeks of brutal testing i was unable to find any issues or anomalies in their performance . the barracuda 7200.12 hard drives appear to be the real deal with solid performance at an excellent price . club overclocker recommended . considering price performance and energy efficiency the seagate barracuda 7200.12 1tb hard drive earns the bigbruin.com award of recommended . seagate barracuda 7200.12 technical specifications see full specification chart here . 1tb 1 750gb 1 500gb 1 320gb 1 250gb 1 160gb 1 model number st31000524as st3750525as st3500413as st3320413as st3250312as st3160316as interface options sata 6gb s ncq sata 6gb s ncq sata 6gb s ncq sata 6gb s ncq sata 6gb s ncq sata 6gb s ncq performance transfer rate max ext mb s 600 600 600 600 600 600 cache mb 32 32 16 16 8 8 average latency ms 4.17 4.17 4.17 4.17 4.17 4.17 spindle speed rpm 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 how much will it store digital music hours 16 660 12 495 8 330 5 331 4 165 2 666 digital photos files average file size using cameras highest resolution jpeg mode 320 000 240 000 160 000 102 400 80 000 51 200 digital videos hours 1 000 750 500 320 250 160 dvd quality movies based on standard 2 hour movie 250 188 125 80 63 40 hd video hours based on h. 264 compression at a 6.75 mbs bitrate 250 188 125 80 63 40 1 one gigabyte or gb equals one billion bytes and one terabyte or tb equals one trillion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity . seagate barracuda family hard drives desktop storage for every need barracuda green low power green drive that won t slow you down . barracuda performance and reliability for everyone . barracuda xt xtreme speed and capacity . uncompromised .