Testseek.com have collected 105 expert reviews of the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA300 ST3-AS Series and the average rating is 87%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA300 ST3-AS Series.
December 2008
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The editors liked
1.5TB
Impressive areal density
Fast transfer speeds
Cost effective
Largest single drive capacity to date
Fiveyear warranty
Huge capacity. Good price. Impressive areal density. Fast transfer speeds.
Fast
Cheap
Quiet
Five year warranty (If new)
Low power usage
Massive capacity
Surprisingly good performance
Quiet and cool
Cost-effective
Good reliability numbers.
Large capacity
Low cost per gigabyte
No speed degradation with the extra platter
Five-year warranty
A huge leap in capacity without sacrificing too much speed or dough.
1 Terabyte of storage
32MB cache
Better cost/GB ratio than SCSI
5 year warranty
3.0 gigabits/sec I/O threshold
With the option to decrease to 1.5 gigabits/sec
Generation 2 Perpendicular Recording technology
You’re staring at the fastest terabyte drive on the market.
Excellent Performance
1TB of Capacity
32MB Cache
Fast speeds
Huge storage capacity
Faster than a Raptor HDD
Great performance under low speeds
Very low sonar levels
Great value for a buck
Whooping 5 year warranty
Keeps cool
Ties or outperforms the competition
32 cents per gigabyte cost
Price per gigabyte is equally equitable for both 750 GB and 1 TB drives.
The editors didn't like
Access time and overall performance is a bit slower than the competition
Lots of capacity comes at a higher price
Access time
Overall performance a bit slower than the competitions.
May need firmware update
Performance is a little below the competition.
May not work with all motherboard chipsets
Early drives had a non-destructive write flaw
Random access times slower than the WD Caviar Black and Seagate HD103UJ terabyte drives.
Price may be of concern to some general consumers
The Barracuda’s burst speeds aren’t quite on par with Western Digital’s. That’s a minor detail
But a detail nonetheless.
Default Jumper at 1.5 Gb/s
Expensive
None that we could find.
500 GB version provides best bang for buck value
No feature that really sets the drive above the crowd.
We view the 1.5TB 7200.11 from Seagate favorably — it is a fairly good compromise between noise and performance. Acoustically, it is a minor improvement over their 1TB drive — slightly quieter when idle with a bit less vibration, though this m...
Abstract: Seagate has set a new standard for capacity in 7K SATA drives with their 1.5TB Barracuda 7200.11. We tested it against some of the fastest SATA drives to see how it performed inside the Mac Pro. GRAPH LEGENDBarracuda 1.5T = Seagate Barracuda 7200...
With the exception of the firmware issue discussed below there really isnt much to dislike here. The Seagate ST3750330AS hard drive is in nearly every way superior to the ST3500641AS. Data transfer rate were faster, seek times were better, the drive w...
Abstract: Seagate has done an amazing job with the 1.5TB Barracuda 7200.11. The data transfer performance is just out of this world and its hard to believe the 1.5TB drive is even in the same series. The performance increase is so great across the board that Se...
The first terabyte hard drive debuted at $345, or a whopping 35 cents per gigabyte. Hard drive prices have plummeted since, with terabyte models currently selling for between $120 and $150. Surprisingly, though, the Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB doesnt carr...
Seagate is the first hard drive maker to deliver a hard drive with a capacity exceeding 1 TB. The Barracuda 7200.11 family now sports a 1.5 TB top model, and its test results are ambiguous. On the plus side, the drive delivers excellent throughput of ...
