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Seagate Barracuda 7200 160 GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 8MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive ST3160318AS-Bare Drive (Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging)

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  • Spindle Speed is 7,200 RPM
  • Delivers 160 GB capacity, 8 MB Cache
  • Interface option is SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
  • 12th generation of the world’s most popular desktop hard drive
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Noise level
4.3
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4.3
4.0
4.3
Storage Capacity
4.6
4.6
4.2
4.6
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Product Description

The Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 drive delivers excellent power savings without sacrificing performance, giving customers the ability to manufacture PC systems and external storage systems that meet energy savings 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 aggressive waste minimization and recycling programs in facilities worldwide. The Barracuda product family complies with the Restriction of Hazardous Substance (RoHS) directive that limits the use of hazardous materials in electronic goods.

From the Manufacturer

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 environmental 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 mainstream PC, high-end PC, gaming PC, desktop RAID or storage for USB/FireWire/eSATA connected external, Seagate offers a Barracuda drive for every need.

Seagate® Barracuda® 3.5-Inch Internal Drive What the experts are saying... 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. The Seagate Barracuda 3.5-inch Internal Drive is perfect for replacing or expanding your desktop drive capacity in:

  • Desktop PCs and Macs
  • Workstations
  • Direct- and network-attached external storage devices
  • PC-based game systems
  • Home servers
Why Choose the Seagate Barracuda drive
  • Lowers your storage costs without sacrificing performance
  • Gives you all the storage capacity you need, from 160GB up to 1.5TB
  • Features a fast 7200-RPM drive that delivers sustained transfer rates of up to 125MB/s
  • 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 32MB cache
  • Ensures whisper-quiet operation, reduced power consumption and heat generation
  • Includes Seagate�s proven, industry-leading reliability
“First two platter 1TB drive; wicked fast. Beats previous contender easily.” -Maximum PC, July 2009 “Blazing fast speeds, silent, cool, energy efficient” 2009 Editors choice award. -TechTree, April 2009 “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.” -PC Authority, September 2009 “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.” -Club Overclocker, March 2009 “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.” -Good Gear Guide, April 2009 “Considering price, performance, and energy efficiency, the Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB hard drive earns the Bigbruin.com award of "Recommended".” -Big Bruin, April 2009

Seagate is thinking green.
"Seagate had already begun demanding 'full materials disclosure' of its suppliers, requiring them to report all the chemicals present in their products, when Apple came knocking with its new orders in 2007." � Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek

Seagate® Barracuda® Family Hard Drives: Desktop storage for every need

Barracuda Drive Specifications
Specifications 1.5 TB1 1 TB1 750 GB1 500 GB1 320 GB1 250 GB1 160 GB1 Model Number ST31500341AS ST31000528AS ST3750528AS ST3500418AS
ST3500410AS ST3320418AS ST3250318AS ST3160318AS Interface Options SATA 3Gb/s NCQ SATA 3Gb/s NCQ SATA 3Gb/s NCQ SATA 3Gb/s NCQ SATA 3Gb/s NCQ SATA 3Gb/s NCQ SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
Performance Transfer Rate, Max Ext (MB/s) 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 Sustained Data Rate OD (MB/s) 120 125 125 125 125 125 125 Cache (MB) 32 32 32 16 16 8 8 Average Latency (ms) 4.16 4.17 4.17 4.17 4.17 4.17 4.17 Spindle Speed (RPM) 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 Configuration/Organization Bytes per Sector 512 512 512 512 512 512 512 Reliability/Data Integrity Contact Start-Stops 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read 1 per 10E14 1 per 10E14 1 per 10E14 1 per 10E14 1 per 10E14 1 per 10E14 1 per 10E14 Annualized Failure Rate 0.34% 0.34% 0.34% 0.34% 0.34% 0.34% 0.34% Limited Warranty (years) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Power Management Startup Current +12V Peak (A, ±10%) 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 Operating, Average (W) <10.8 <9.4 <9.4 <8.0 <8.0 <8.0 <8.0 Idle, Average (W) <8.3 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 Environmental Temperature (�C) Operating 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 Nonoperating �40 to 70 �40 to 70 �40 to 70 �40 to 70 �40 to 70 �40 to 70 �40 to 70 Shock (Gs) Operating: 2 ms 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 Nonoperating: 1 ms 300 300 300 350 350 350 350 Acoustics (bels � sound power) Idle 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 Seek 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.75 2.75 2.75 2.75 Physical Height (in/mm) 1.02/26.11 1.02/26.1 1.02/26.1 0.78/20 0.78/20 0.78/20 0.78/20 Width (in/mm) 4.00/101.6 4.00/101.6 4.00/101.6 4.00/101.6 4.00/101.6 4.00/101.6 4.00/101.6 Depth (in/mm) 5.78/146.99 5.787/146.99 5.787/146.99 5.787/146.99 5.787/146.99 5.787/146.99 5.787/146.99 Width (in/mm) 1.4/0.64 1.4/0.64 1.4/0.64 1.2/0.54 1.2/0.54 1.2/0.54 1.2/0.54 1 One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity.

How much will it store?
Capacity Digital Music
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Digital Photos
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Digital Videos
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DVD Quality
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HD Video
(Hours) 160 GB 2,666 51,200 160 40 40 250 GB 4,165 80,000 250 63 63 320 GB 5,331 102,400 320 80 80 500 GB 8,330 160,000 500 125 125 640 GB 10,662 204,800 640 160 160 750 GB 12,495 240,000 750 188 188 1.0 TB 16,660 320,000 1,000 250 250 1.5 TB 24,990 480,000 1,500 375 375 Average file size using cameras highest resolution JPEG mode Based on standard 2 hour movie Based on H.264 compression at a 6.75Mbs bitrate

Users can expect a performance boost when using Seagate hard drives with Windows 7
  • 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.
  • Cache efficiency has improved. Customers who choose Seagate drives with bigger cache options will see added benefit. Seagate testing confirms improved performance from Windows Vista to Windows 7 on like hard drives with only cache size differences.

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Customers like the ease of installation, quality and noise of the computer drive. For example, they mention it's easy to install in an external enclosure, works well and is quiet. Customers are also impresseded with the value, saying it'll last a long time. One downside is the performance, with customers complaining about the 100% failure rate.

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303 customers mention251 positive52 negative

Customers like the quality of the hard drive. They say it's a very good drive that works well in their computer's RAID hardware. Customers also mention that it has never failed and has not experienced any significant performance difference.

"...Great price from Amazon, quick shipping, great product from Seagate...." Read more

"very reliable" Read more

"...I've noticed no significant performance difference at all since installing the drive, so I'm happy as my NAS was performing fine before this drive...." Read more

"...Other than this, the drive still works extremely well. As long as I'm not getting more new bad sections constantly it should be all right...." Read more

100 customers mention100 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the value of the computer drive. They say it's a great price for a good product, and worth the buy. Customers also mention that it'd be a perfect fit for their needs.

"...Great price from Amazon, quick shipping, great product from Seagate...." Read more

"I bought this HDD when it was on sale for $45 so it was definitely worth the money...." Read more

"...is a good buy for anyone wanting speed, low noise, and capacity as a low price." Read more

"...Amazon has a seller who had exactly what I needed at a very agreeable price...." Read more

75 customers mention55 positive20 negative

Customers like the noise of the computer drive. They say it's super quiet and a nice compromise between performance and quiet for a system drive. Some customers also mention that they don't seem to run too hot.

"...Now the Seagate which is twice as fast, will be the work horse. Its so quiet some times I have to look at the HD light to know its working...." Read more

"...This hard drive runs extremely quiet and relatively cool with temperature not exceeding 32°C on my computer so far...." Read more

"...It's pretty fast, very quiet, and has plenty of space. Now only if the SSD's were this affordable..." Read more

"...: So, once again, the annoying reality of HD noise: there's acoustic noise and vibration noise, which is potentially much worse, because it can turn..." Read more

50 customers mention46 positive4 negative

Customers find the installation process of the hard drive to be fairly easy. They mention that the SATA connection makes it easy to install in an external enclosure. The process goes smoothly, and the drive installs nicely. Customers also appreciate the good instructions and the free firmware upgrade tool. Overall, most are happy with their purchase and recommend it to others.

"...The process is relatively quick unlike using Windows to do this. I've downloaded this hard drive utility program from the Seagate website...." Read more

"...with this drive since I've had it and considering how easy upgrading the firmware was, I've given this product a five star review...." Read more

"...The drive is easy to install and the software that Seagate provides will permit you to easily set up the drive in a number of different ways...." Read more

"...Drive booted normally. No problems after installing windows and 40GB of games...." Read more

10 customers mention10 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the sturdiness of the computer drive. They mention that it is a very solid drive, and was packaged very securely in a damage proof box. The drive was well protected with an anti-static bag and bubble wrap, and it arrived in perfect shape with no scratches.

"...Overall it seems to be a very solid drive, and I've been quite happy with it...." Read more

"This item arrived very quickly and was packed very securely in a damage proof box...." Read more

"i give it 5 star for1. Perfect shape , no scratches, no damage when it was delivered2. the bad reviews lie3...." Read more

"...for some reason it came in a western digital box, however it was not banged up and was in good shape...." Read more

31 customers mention8 positive23 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the performance of the hard drive. They mention that it broke after a few months, went faulty, and had a 100% failure rate. Customers also say that the drive crashed after 1-2 months and had one of the heads failed. They also mention that the product has a short life span and is not recommended for long-term use.

"...and the Model Identification tool from Seagate were not able to read the serial number from the disk after flashing from the CC38 version that came..." Read more

"...3 of 3 is a 100% failure rate. In fact Amazon has chosen to not replace my drive, they will only provide a refund...." Read more

"...Drive booted normally. No problems after installing windows and 40GB of games...." Read more

"Bought 2 of these for use in a Synology NAS. One of 2 dead in about 2 months...." Read more

8 customers mention0 positive8 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the compatibility of the computer drive. They mention that Windows failed to recognize it, the computer didn't recognize the file system, and the BIOS wouldn't detect it.

"...then the drive disappeared from Windows Explorer... Windows failed to recognize it...." Read more

"...I received an error msg. about the 0 partition and Windows could not be installed...." Read more

"...runs quiet and installation was fairly easy except my computer did not recognize it at first...." Read more

"...32 but when I tried to read it with my G4 Mac, the system didn't recognize the file system thus I had to reformat as NTFS...." Read more

7 customers mention0 positive7 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the cables included with the computer drive. They mention that it does not include a SATA cable, installation CD, or mounting screws. Additionally, some customers report that the drive does not have a Molex power connector and that they will need a molex-sata adapter to connect it to their PSU.

"...There was no SATA cable or installation CD and the packaging was sparse, but I've ordered "bulk" drives from Amazon before so I knew what to expect..." Read more

"...It should be noted that you just get the drive-no cables or set up software...." Read more

"...money but please not that this package was not sealed plus it had no wires in it. The order shipped a week after it was purchased. Not sure why...." Read more

"...It came properly packaged with foam. Does not include cables." Read more

(Not quite) Brand new 250GB Seagate ST250DM000 -- Edited Review
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(Not quite) Brand new 250GB Seagate ST250DM000 -- Edited Review
Update 2015-OCT-27Well I had to return one of the hard disks. It just stopped working. Usually drives will show some bad sectors first, but one of the drives simply died. Upon removing the faulty drive I noticed a sticker on it I somehow didn't see at first (picture attached). Evidently the drive had been sent back because it was faulty (I'm guessing to Seagate) and Seagate cleared it as okay on &#34;08-17-2015&#34; -- and in fact the drive wasn't okay. So this retailer, like many others, is selling drives that may have been previously used and rubber stamped as okay. Finity India had me ship the drive back and requested a copy of the USPS receipt (for the tracking number and shipping cost) which they then credited to my account. They were polite. So I'm docking one star because these drives may be used in the sense you may get one that's been rubber stamped as okay when it's not.------I ordered (2) 250GB Seagate ST3250318AS bare drives. In fact what I received was a newer version, the ST250DM000-1BD141. One drive made in 2012, the other 2013, both with the same firmware revision. Both in sealed anti-static bags and smelled new. The drives were shipped in very tight and adequate bubble wrap within a thick cardboard box. I thoroughly tested the drives, and they were not previously used and were in fact brand-new with no defects, no prior data on the HDD, and no SMART events. These drives worked well in my computer's RAID hardware - currently using in RAID 0 array. I would buy from the seller again. Note: these drives are backward compatible with older SATA interfaces.
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