The 500GB Barracuda SATA II 3Gb/s Hard Drive from Seagate is a high-capacity internal drive. The drive boasts a SATA II 3Gb/s interface, a large 16MB data buffer, and a rotation speed of 7200rpm. The drive features a 3.5" form factor, ideal for desktop installation.
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB |
| Interface | SATA II 3Gb/s |
| Connection | SATA II 3Gb/s |
| Drive Speed | 7200rpm |
| Buffer | 16MB |
| Average Seek Time | 8.2ms |
| Latency Average | 4.16ms |
| Sustained Transfer Rate | 65MB/sec |
| Drivers | |
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| Supported | Not Required |
| Included | Not Required |
| System Requirements | |
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| Mac | Mac OS |
| Windows | Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7 |
| Hardware | SATA II Controller Card |
| General | |
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| Power Requirements | Bus-powered |
| Environmental Requirements | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 4 x 1 x 5.8" (10.2 x 2.6 x 14.7cm) |
| Weight | 1.6 lb (0.71kg) |
| Packaging | Retail |
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Previously had Seagate SATA 160GB as an OEM drive. This was an easy install and a great upgrade; even for a "computer challenegd" person like myself.
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good
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A technician installed my new hard drive the other day and it is working very well. It is very quiet and runs smoothly. Hopefully, it will last longer than my first one, which was only two and a half years.
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Great Product
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Its a perfectly fine harddrive. I have mine in an external esata enclosure to be a scratch disk for some media applications. Works fine for that, no complaints.
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Excellent product at excellent price.
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Used it for OSX startup disk. Works Great
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I easily installed this disc in my PC, and I am not an expert. A fast format was sufficient to initiate to work with him. My PC does not have capacity for Serial ATA, so I bought a card PCI and the subject was solved.
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This is an excellent drive, well-built, fast, and very reliable. I used one for a long time in my old G4 with an added SATA card, and it worked great. So, I got 2 more for my new Mac Pro and set them up as a RAID 1. A disc speed utility shows that the actual, in-use read/write data transfer speed is over 20MB/sec,more than adequate for DV or HDV. And the price is also great. (I have been using Seagate drives for years with not a single problem, but the 9GB SCSI Barracuda drive I bought years ago for my first nonlinear editing system cost almost $1000). Times change.
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never installed a hard drive before!! this was a piece of cake .. very easy worked beutifully
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This will be my second Seagate SATA. I currently use a 1.5TB and bought this one for my sons computer which I just built. Tried the others and found them seriously lacking, mainly in stability. When I told my son he would have 500GB, he said that is too much. I told him that was not what was important, knowing that the system uses the extra space. The speed of these drives is good and helps utilize the resources available. [...] it worked great. Thank You FRH Jr.
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So far so good. Installed two of these ( 1-500GB and 1-1TB) in my 2008 Mac Pro. The installation could not have been easier. So far the drives seem quiet and fast.
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Package with installation CD, Sata cable, and instructions hit the mark. Everything's in and running, so far so good.
Give four star because it does seem to run a little hot.
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I added this drive to an HP Pavilion Elite d5200t ATX PC that is connected to my A/V system to store music and video, and the drive was an exact match to the drive that came installed in the machine. Plug and play with the SATA connection. Power cable was right where it needed to be. No problems whatsoever. Needed to be a very quiet drive, and it is.
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I'M NOWEL FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, I RECOMMEND ANYONE BUY THIS DISK GOOD PRICE, FAST DISK WITH THE SATA INTERFACE, I USE IT ON VIDEO EDITING AND FORWARDING PLAY IT REAL GOOD...
RECOMMEND IT...
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Great drive, quiet, easy to install, Wish it was REALLY 500 gigs.. some day maybe!!
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