Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 320 GB 7200RPM SATA 3 GB/s 16 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive ST3320418AS-Bare Drive
- Spindle Speed is 7,200 RPM
- Delivers 320 GB capacity, 16 MB Cache
- Interface option is SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
- 12th generation of the world¿s most popular desktop hard drive
- Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
Product Description
The Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 drive delivers excellent power savings without sacrificing performance, giving customers the ability to manufacture eco-friendly PC systems and external storage systems that meet energysavings requirements. The drive combines proven technology with expert manufacturing to deliver up to 1 TB of desktop storage. With the Barracuda 7200.12 drive, our customers can have the best of both worlds—top hard-drive performance and a high-capacity drive with a very small eco-footprint. Seagate is committed to Minimizing the impact of our products and operations on the environment. We have implemented production efficiency measures, such as replacing or renovating less-efficient equipment, resulting in a 20 percent increase in production efficiency on a per-hard-drive basis. In just six months this delivered a savings of 158.93 million kWh, or enough energy to power nearly 15,000 U.S. homes for one year. Seagate also has deployed aggres… More >>
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 320 GB 7200RPM SATA 3 GB/s 16 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive ST3320418AS-Bare Drive
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5 comments
James Kayten on December 15, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Seagate used to be the benchmark. Don’t know what happened, but I won’t be back anytime soon if ever.
Raymond Morris on December 15, 2009 at 9:27 pm
This drive is slow. I ended up using it as storage only. [...]
for a good read. Seagate is not the company they used to be. This is a good ‘green’ drive for storage, but not for use as a primary drive IMO.
Black Davy Cash on December 15, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Please be aware that this drive also requires you to separately purchase a data cable and rail screws to secure the drive to the PC frame; all you get is the drive. If you order, it’s luck of the draw, hope yours works.
Spas G. Velev on December 15, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Is this HDD the best on the market? To me, yes.
Not only is the “the Seagate® Barracuda® 7200.12 drive–the 12th generation” company’s drive.
The drives with capacity multiple of 500 GB are build with 500 GB/platter.
There are only three companies producing 500 GB/platter att:
Western Digital, Seagate, and Samsung.
Seagate’s drive, as long as remember, comes with a 5 years warranty.
Craig Hendricks on December 15, 2009 at 11:24 pm
I own my own Tech company and have worked in major DataCenters throughout the world. Not a single Mainframe, reputable server, or enterprise desktop, uses any other HDD other than Seagate. Period. Seagate invented the Floppy disk. Invented first HDD to fit in the FDD 3.5″ form, first to introduce 5400rpm, 7200rpm, 10K, 15K, and so on. I have never had a Seagate HDD crash on me, EVER. One customer though had one that had died, it was a 10GB HDD from 1990. Also WD suck. They always crash. Also Seagate are the only drives that have Shock Protection.
The people who rate this product negatively are obviously ID10T’s. If you buy a 1TB HDD the r/w time is going to lag, read the specs on the manufacturers website. Please do not complain about something you should have investigated beforehand.
Bigger Drive = slower speed.
I have one of these HDD’s and I only use it as a Secondary Backup Drive.
You want speed go with SCSI.