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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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.
The 1.5TB Barracuda is an impressive drive by any standards. It has surpassed my expectations. The capacity is second to none, and the performance comes close to the legendary Velociraptor (even besting it in some tests). The price is also surprisin...
Excellent Performance, 1TB of Capacity, 32MB Cache
Default Jumper at 1.5 Gb/s
The Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB hard drive offers a prime upgrade in terms of both performance and data capacity, while maintaining the quality and warranty that has made Seagate such a popular brand. Its not a quantum leap, but the upgrade to 32MB...
Although the 7200.11 represents a step forward for Seagates acoustics (the first in a while), its still not quite good enough to compete with the quietest drives. A year or two ago, the single decibel difference between idle and seek noise might hav...
Normally, as new things come out you would think they would get faster. This isnt exactly the formula for hard drives though and for the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11, this is not the case either. The Barracuda 7200.11 finishes very strong in some tests,...
Abstract: Barracuda 7200.11 Seagate has joined Hitachi in the terabyte (1TB, or about 1,000GB) club with this new hard drive. The Barracuda 7200.11 uses PMR (perpendicular magnetic recording) to pack all that data onto four hard disks. We remember a time when i...
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Published: 2007-12-24, Author: David , review by: maximumpc.com
You’re staring at the fastest terabyte drive on the market.
The Barracuda’s burst speeds aren’t quite on par with Western Digital’s. That’s a minor detail, but a detail nonetheless.
Abstract: It's well over six months since I reviewed the first commercially available 1 terabyte hard drive, the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 . Back then I predicted all the other big names in hard drive manufacture would shortly be joining Hitachi at this milestone. Ho...
Low power usage; massive capacity; surprisingly good performance; quiet and cool; cost-effective; good reliability numbers.
Performance is a little below the competition.
While the RE2-GPs performance wont amaze, the relatively quiet and cool operation, plus the great price will appeal to users looking for good value....
Abstract: 4 So much for IDE. Seagate leaves the parallel interface behind, along with longitudinal recording, in its latest generation of PMR (perpendicular magnetic recording) terabyte drives. Seagate’s latest, the Barracuda 7200.11 is available in 500GB, 75...
