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.
Massive storage on a single drive, Reduced energy consumption, Drive performance, Perpendicular recording, 32MB cache, Five year warranty...
Slower access time...
As the largest single drive in its class, the Seagate Barracuda 1.5 Terabyte 7200.11 hard drive offers performance equal to or greater than the Seagate 1TB drive. It only falls short in the access time portion of the benchmarking. With that being said...
So what are you actually receiving for the money you need to spend on a Seagate 1 TB Barracuda 7200.11 is performance, storage speed and reliability. My 750GB Barracuda is two years old and I have not had a problem with it, while I have RMAed two West...
Hard disks by far are the slowest part of the computer today when it comes to the mechanical nature of them; granted, DVD drives are slower still, but they aren’t used for storing the Operating System or Virtual Memory which the hard disk plays the...
It was slow in our file transfer test The Final Word While it was slower than expected in our file transfer tests, theres a lot to like about this drive. Its good for a gaming PC due to its solid read and write performance scores, and its quiet and r...
While it was slower than expected in our file transfer tests, theres a lot to like about this drive. Its good for a gaming PC due to its solid read and write performance scores, and its quiet and relatively cool operation also makes it suitable for a...
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