Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 500GB hard drive was selected as my new system hard drive. As I mention before, I don’t care much about hard drive because it is the bottom neck of the whole system. So what does Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 500GB hard drive can do?
Key Advantages
- Delivers 500-GB capacity
- Ships with the industry’s most reliable and proven perpendicular magnetic recording technology
- Delivers high performance
- 105 MB/s sustained data rate
- 32-MB cache buffer
- Environmentally friendly
- Consumes almost 15 percent less power during idle than previous products, enabling customers to build low-power systems
- Meets strict RoHS environmental requirements
- Leverages best combination of technology (areal density, PMR) and proven components for volume availability
- Ships with an industry-best 5-year limited warranty
Technical Specifications
| Specifications | 500 GB |
|---|---|
| Model Number | ST3500320AS |
| Interface | SATA 3.0Gb/s |
| Cache | 32 MBytes |
| Capacity | 500 GB |
| Guaranteed Sectors | 976,773,168 |
| PHYSICAL | |
| Height (max) | 26.1 mm (1.028 inches) |
| Width (max) | 101.6 mm (4.010 inches) |
| Length (max) | 146.99 mm (5.787 inches) |
| Weight (typical) | 543 grams (1.199 pounds) |
| PERFORMANCE | |
| Spindle Speed | 7,200 rpm |
| Average latency | 4.16 msec |
| Random read seek time | <8.5 msec |
| Random write seek time | <9.5 msec |
| RELIABILITY | |
| Annual Failure Rate | 0.34% |
| POWER | |
| Maximum start current, DC | 3.0 amps |
