Testseek.com have collected 50 expert reviews of the Seagate Barracuda LP SATA300 ST3-AS Series and the average rating is 74%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Seagate Barracuda LP SATA300 ST3-AS Series.
August 2009
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The editors liked
Performance on par with a 7200RPM drive
Abundance of space
Energy cost savings
Runs cool and quiet
Good Performance
Low Power
Among the fastest reads and writes of any highcapacity drive
Low power consumption.
The editors didn't like
10 more expensive than Western Digital's 2TB Green drive
Not Designed For Blazing Speed
You can get two 1TB Barracuda 7200.12s for less than the price of one of theseand they'll be faster.
Abstract: Last year we tested 500GB hard disk drives which can be an optimal choice for users who don’t need a lot of disk storage. Today, we want to take a look at products which are twice as large. They are generally as fast as their higher-capacity counterpar...
If drive decisions could be made solely on a handful of synthetic benchmarks, the Seagate Barracuda LP would be the undisputed champion in the high-capacity/low-power desktop drive group. A more nuanced view might take into account the fact that the L...
Abstract: After publishing our report on 2 TB drives, we’re throwing ourselves back into the breach with a selection of 1 TB drives! More common, these drives have...
Now that we’ve come to the end of today’s test session, we should name the fastest 500GB hard disk drive available today. There are actually two winners: the Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 and the Western Digital Caviar Black. The former has somewhat higher...
Abstract: Above is a chart we put together that represents an (unweighted) geometric mean of the overall performance of each drive, based on all the tests we performed. Use this chart as a rough guide only, as we used an admittedly simplistic methodology to create these comparison numbers: All the test scores were calculated with equal weighting; we factored..
Now, let’s do some summarizing. We will go through the tested products in alphabetic order.The Hitachi 7K1000.C had very odd basic firmware with low performance, but now it looks decent enough. It breaks no records and is not completely free from short...
Those who want to say “I have a multi-Terabyte hard disk” would be quite pleased with the Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB drive. A single HDD with such high densities is also useful for those building themselves a HTPC/NAS box. It sips less power than normal...
Abstract: It is simple with the Seagate drive: the high access time cannot be compensated by the 64MB buffer and faster interface. The Barracuda XT is inferior to WD’s models through most of the tests but consumes less power.
Abstract: After this review of two of the 2 TB drives currently available, the Western Digital comes out on top. Sure, with 5900 rpm, the Barracuda LP does give faster performances at times, but this is not systematic, especially with better NCQ management from Western Digital..
On paper, the Barracuda LP is a good match for the Caviar Green. Both drives sport four 500GB platters, 32MB caches, sub-7,200-RPM spindle speeds, three-year warranties, and price tags hovering around $200. The two drives even offer comparable performa...
