Pros
- Low cost per gigabyte
Cons
- Slower than SATA
At A Glance
Low cost per gigabyte makes this massive drive a terrific bet for digital pack rats.
Manufacturer’s Description
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 drives provide high-performance, highly-reliable storage for PCs and advanced applications, backed up by an industry-leading five-year warranty. Their best-in-class combination of capacity, performance, and support ideally suit them for such applications as high-performance PCs, media PCs, ATA-based servers and RAIDs, and cost-effective network attached storage (NAS).
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | ST3400832A |
| Inventory Number | 24060 |
| Storage | |
| Drive size | 400.0 GB |
| Hard Drive Speed | 7200 RPM |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Available Interfaces | Parallel ATA-100 |
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| General | |
| Buffer Size | 8.0 MB |
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Performance
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Interface Tested | ATA-100 |
| Test Version | 1 |
| WinZip Test | 358 |
| McAfee Virus Scan Test | 113 |
| Windows File Search Test | 131.79 |
| Ahead Nero Burning Test | 497 |
| ACDSee Test | 525 |
| Windows Files and Folders Test | 210.01 |
| Large File Test | 192.62 |
