Seagate Desktop HDD 640GB 3.5'' SATA II 3.5" Serial ATA II

Seagate Desktop HDD 640GB 3.5'' SATA II 3.5" Serial ATA II

Brand : Seagate
Product family : Desktop HDD
Product name : 640GB 3.5'' SATA II
Product code : ST3640323AS
Category : Internal Hard Drives
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Long product name Seagate Desktop HDD 640GB 3.5'' SATA II 3.5" Serial ATA II :
Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 640GB Hard Drive
Seagate Desktop HDD 640GB 3.5'' SATA II 3.5" Serial ATA II :
Combining proven components, state-of-the-art technology and expertise in volume manufacturing, the Seagate® Barracuda® 7200.11 drive—the 11th generation of this award-winning desktop hard drive family—delivers 640 GB of high-performing, eco-friendly digital storage. Designed with industry-leading acoustics and power levels, and award-winning Seagate PMR technology, the Barracuda 7200.11 drive offers the ideal combination of world-class technology and lowest total cost of ownership.
Short summary description Seagate Desktop HDD 640GB 3.5'' SATA II 3.5" Serial ATA II :
Seagate Desktop HDD 640GB 3.5'' SATA II, 3.5", 640 GB, 7200 RPM
Long summary description Seagate Desktop HDD 640GB 3.5'' SATA II 3.5" Serial ATA II :
Seagate Desktop HDD 640GB 3.5'' SATA II. HDD size: 3.5", HDD capacity: 640 GB, HDD speed: 7200 RPM

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Specs

Features
HDD size	3.5"
HDD capacity	640 GB
HDD speed	7200 RPM
Interface	Serial ATA II
Type	HDD
Storage drive buffer size	32 MB
Start/stop cycles	50000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)	750000 h

Power
Operating voltage	5 / 12 V

Weight & dimensions
Width	101.6 mm
Height	26.1 mm
Depth	147 mm
Weight	380 g

Other features
Internal
Data transfer rate	3 Gbit/s

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Reviews

Updated:
2011-09-23 23:57:27

Average rating:88

Uk has collected 105 expert reviews for Seagate Desktop HDD 640GB 3.5'' SATA II 3.5" Serial ATA II and the average expert rating is 88 of 100. The average score reflects the expert community’s view on this product. Click below and use Uk to see all ratings, product awards and conclusions.

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alphr.com

Updated:
2011-09-23 23:57:24

Average rating:83

Seagate's long-running Barracuda range comes with decent specifications, including a 32MB cache and 7,200rpm spindle speed across most of the range. This 640GB drive is the lowest capacity Seagate product on test this month. But with two dense 320GB pl...

Good performance across the board but at a relatively high price...

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ocaholic.ch.english

Updated:
2011-09-23 23:57:27

Average rating:0

Seagate presents the eleventh generation of its Barracuda series. The 640 GByte model carrys two 320 GByte platters which should deliver a sustained data rate of 115 MByte/s. The hard drive also has a claimed average access time of 8.5 milliseconds and...

With the Barracuda 7200.11 640 GB Seagate presents a solid hard disk. The throughput is also astonishing: 107 MByte/s when the drive does sequential writing operations. Altough this number doenst match 115 MByte/s sustained read and write performance b...

techradar.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:49:53

Average rating:80

Seagate's 11th generation 1.5TB Barracuda 7200.11 hard disk was the first 1.5TB disk to market, and although it's been around for a while, it's still a very capable and popular drive.It's easy to see why, with its combination of performance, capacity...

Good price, Decent capacity, Read/Write performance...
Seek times a bit low...

pcauthority.com.au

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:49:53

Average rating:83

Like the 1TB version, this 7200.11 is based on relatively old technology, so it’s at a disadvantage. Its most prominent weakness is power consumption: it’s quoted as drawing 8.3W idle and 10.8W in operation, which is no worse than the 1TB model, but st...

A bog-standard drive, but it’s best value in this capacity...

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digitalversus.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:49:56

Average rating:100

1.5 TB is one of the largest sizes of hard drive available today. Seagates model at this end of the range is the 7200.11, but the manufacturer isnt relying on size alone to sell this hard drive: it claims that its second generation perpendicular mag...

Excellent read and write speeds, Large storage space: 1.5 TB...
No noise management, Quite loud, 15.1 ms acess time, Can get hot: average temperature 46 °C...

alphr.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:49:58

Average rating:83

The 1TB drive has a more promising set of specifications than other Seagate disks. Three 334GB platters and a 32MB cache bring the Seagate into line with the majority of its high-capacity rivals. The 1TB Barracuda returned quick benchmark results - an...

Excellent performance, good value and a generous warranty...

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alphr.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:49:58

Average rating:83

After the 2TB Caviar Green, this is the largest disk on test this month - and alongside the cavernous amount of space, provided as four 375GB platters, is a 32MB cache. Cramming so much storage into such a small space didn't seem to slow down the Seaga...

Cheap and fast - the Seagate is an excellent high-capacity choice...

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alphr.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:49:58

Average rating:67

Seagate varies its specifications more than any other manufacturer. The 640GB Barracuda boasts two platters and a 32MB cache; this 750GB drive has four 188GB platters but only 16MB of buffer, resulting in predictably reduced performance. Average read a...

Unpredictable performance and poor value ruin this Seagate...

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atomicmpc.com.au

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:49:58

Average rating:90

The first hard drive that Seagate ever made was called the ST506, which fit into two 5.25in bays, and held a grand total of 5MB storage. Back when it was released in 1980, it cost many hundreds of dollars ($US1500 to be exact), and was more space than...

Great storage space, and nice performance too...

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overclockersclub.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:04

Average rating:0

You really have to wonder when the need for hard drive space began to start skyrocketing. Although I got into this hobby/addiction later than some, I remember my first hard drive being in the realm of 500 megabytes. Coupled up with my 486 DX2 processo...

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...

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theregister.co.uk

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:07

Average rating:90

The Barracuda 7200.11 has an enormous capacity, is very fast, has a modest price and operates quietly. It's clear that SSDs will replace hard drives in time, but with drives like the 1.4TB Barracuda around, that still lies some way in the future.

The Barracuda 7200.11 has an enormous capacity, is very fast, has a modest price and operates quietly. It's clear that SSDs will replace hard drives in time, but with drives like the 1.4TB Barracuda around, that still lies some way in the future...

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overclockersclub.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:15

Average rating:0

My first computer was a Commodore VIC 20; back then there was no such thing as a hard drive and you were lucky if your parents could afford to buy the tape drive just so that you could store some small programs you found in the manual that came with t...

1 Terabyte, 32MB Cache, Perpendicular Recording, Price (own opinion)...
None...
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...

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goodgearguide.com.au

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:25

Average rating:80

Seagates Barracuda 7200.11 is the companys second generation perpendicular recording-based drive and its the first to reach a capacity of 1TB. The 7200.11 uses a four-platter, eight-head design for its 1TB capacity, with each platter holding 250GB...

1TB capacity, quiet operation, 5-year warranty, solid read and write performance...
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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tweaktown.com

Updated:
2014-03-21 02:04:55

Average rating:90

Today’s storage requirements are growing at an exponential rate. Back when PC’s were used primarily for office work, hard disks only stored word documents, spread sheets and email, all of which would require only a fraction of what today&rsquo...

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...

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uk.hardware.info

Updated:
2018-04-13 14:39:51

Average rating:0

For storage of lots of data, a hard drive is the best option for the time being, especially now that SSD prices are rising rather than falling. Luckily there is still enough innovation in the hard disk field. Time for a new comparative test with no less t...

Despite the fact that there are only three hard disk drive manufacturers left, you have a lot to choose from when you're looking for a new drive. It is not just about prices either. Though SSDs have outperformed hard drives for a long time now, there are...

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umlan.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:49:53

Average rating:100

As the technologies change so does the demand for storage. With more applications comes a greater need to store information. There are many different types of media available out there for the average user but not all of them might seem to worth a buck...

Great performance under low speeds, Very low sonar levels, Great value for a buck, Whooping 5 year warranty, Keeps cool...
None that we could find.
It looks like we have a winner here. Barracuda name has been out for a very long time and has established itself as one of the best on the market. Today it continues to turn heads as it accomplishes great results at low rotational speeds. Going back to...

techwarelabs.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:49:56

Average rating:0

As many of you know, recently Seagate released one of the largest consumer drives on the market: the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS . The drive’s capacity is 1.5 TB (1500 GB) or approximately 1.397 TB. The drive specifications are decent an...

It looks like Seagate inadvertently created something marvelous by creating arguably the best consumer drive on the market. As you have seen from the benchmarks, the Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS outperforms the Velociraptor in almost all categories...

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rage3d.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:49:56

Average rating:0

Nearly 18 months ago, we published a review () of the then new Seagate 7200.11 1Tb, comparing it with the previous generations. Since then Seagate has stayed in the headlines for the 7200.11 series – and not for the best of reasons. Defective firmware...

The firmware SD1A certainly doesn’t appear to have harmed the ST31000340AS drives. Performance is robust, and reliability unaffected thus far. Current pricing makes them a very attractive buy, but certainly not the only choice – currently Samsungs 1Tb...

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maximumpc.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:00

Average rating:90

We were pumped when we heard that Seagate had broken through the terabyte barrier with its 1.5TB Barracuda drive—it’s not only the biggest consumer drive available, but also represents the largest jump in capacity we’ve seen. We typically expect capac...

A huge leap in capacity without sacrificing too much speed or dough.
Random access times slower than the WD Caviar Black and Seagate HD103UJ terabyte drives.

silentpcreview.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:01

Average rating:0

On the outside, Seagates 7200.11 1.5TB drive looks no different than the 1TB model. On the inside however, the platters are much more massive: 375GB vs. 250GB. Performance should be improved but will that be accompanied by extra noise?...

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...

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monster-hardware.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:02

Average rating:90

Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB HDSATA Hard DrivesFor most of us (HD Video enthusiasts excluded) long gone are the days of racing to replace your hard drive because you are out of space. So frustrating was the lack of space and glacially slow access times th...

Fast, Cheap, Quiet, Five year warranty (If new)...
May need firmware update...
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...

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techtree.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:04

Average rating:100

After staying put at the Gigabyte storage capacity for a couple of years, Seagate has upped the ante with the Barracuda 7200.11 1.5 TB desktop hard drive. After missing out being the first one to bring out the Terabyte hard drive, Seagate has finally p...

Blazing speeds, the only 1.5 TB drive at present, Silent, SATA-II, Good price.
None.
The Seagate Barracuda ST31500341AS mostly is in a class of its own when compared to just about any drive we have tested so far. The data transfer rates are huge and the results are reflected not only in the synthetic tests, but also the real-world fil...

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pcmag.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:04

Average rating:90

Buying a little bit of extra storage is going to get tougher, soon. With drives like the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB selling for only $180 on the street—and that includes a 5-year warranty—you may have to settle for a lot of storage. As yo...

Huge capacity. Good price. Impressive areal density. Fast transfer speeds.
Access time, overall performance a bit slower than the competitions.
The Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB drive is a touch slower than high-end drives but offers tremendous capacity at an affordable price...

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computershopper.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:07

Average rating:83

Remember when a one-terabyte (TB) hard drive for $300 was a bargain? Seagate has shot that scheme full of holes with its $149 Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB drive. While the drive is available in capacities as low as 160GB, it’s hard to contain...

Large capacity; low cost per gigabyte; no speed degradation with the extra platter; five-year warranty...
May not work with all motherboard chipsets; early drives had a non-destructive write flaw...

Techreport.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:07

Average rating:0

Its been more than 18 months since Hitachi reached the terabyte mark with the Deskstar 7K1000. In that time, all the major players in the hard drive industry have spun up terabytes of their own, and in some cases, offered multiple models targeting dif...

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...

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extremetech.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:08

Average rating:0

We recently received a newsletter advertising Seagates 7200.11, 1.5 terabyte hard drive: $180. click on image for full view Think about that for a moment. One point five terabytes of storage costs just twelve cents a gigabyte. Now thats cost effectiv...

1.5TB; impressive areal density; fast transfer speeds; cost effective...
Access time and overall performance is a bit slower than the competition...
Seagates 1.5TB drive is a touch slower than the competition, but offers tremendous capacity at an affordable price.PCMark Vantage Disk...

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tomshardware.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:10

Average rating:0

Seagate is the first hard drive vendor to offer a 1.5 TB drive in the 3.5” form factor. Meanwhile, WD sent us its RAID Edition 3 (RE3) drive. We...

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...

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techtree.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:12

Average rating:90

Recently, we got ourselves Seagates new 1 TB behemoth, the ST31000340AS ES.2. This hard drive is an enterprise-grade server hard drive but is similar to the 7200.11 series drives in many ways. Therefore, we expected a performance similar to the ST3500...

Fast speeds, Silent, Huge capacity, 32 MB buffer, PMR, SATA-II, High MTBF.
Expensive, Heats up a little.
In the real-world copy test, we created a 1 GB RAM drive using Farstone Virtual Hard Drive Pro and used this as a host drive for testing the read and write speeds of the Barracuda. This eliminates the need to have a faster host drive and gives the abs...

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techtree.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:12

Average rating:100

While hard drive capacity wars have been stagnant for quite some time (and it may be so until the dawn of next year), the war that is going on right now is about speed, energy efficiency and cost. We have reviewed the WD5000AAKS 500GB hard drive some w...

Super fast speeds, runs cool, huge capacity, SATA-II.
None.
In the real-world copy test, we created a 1 GB RAM drive using Farstone Virtual Hard Drive Pro and used this as a host drive for testing the read and write speeds of the Barracuda. This eliminates the need to have a faster host drive and gives the abs...

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sharkyextreme.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:12

Average rating:90

Desktop hard drives are pushed by two main factors, performance and capacity. End users want to cram as much data as possible onto a single drive, but also need data transfers and drive access to be lightning fast. This is a difficult dual-requirement...

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...

silentpcreview.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:14

Average rating:0

Seagates Barracuda 7200.11 shows signs of significant changes, and it is claimed to be quieter, less power hungry, and faster than previous versions. And it is. But how much quieter?...

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...

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tweaktown.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:19

Average rating:90

Today’s storage requirements are growing at an exponential rate. Back when PC’s were used primarily for office work, hard disks only stored word documents, spread sheets and email, all of which would require only a fraction of what today&rsquo...

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...

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extremetech.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:21

Average rating:80

Now imagine you hear a harsh clicking sound coming from your PC, and your hard drive dies. Of course, you made backups of everything, right?Even if you did, replacing a hard drive and restoring all your data is a huge inconvenience. If you have a lot o...

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...

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anandtech.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:24

Average rating:0

When one manufacturer has a breakthrough in hard drive capacity, the other manufacturers rush to make sure their product line contains at least one entry at the new capacity level. However, it can sometimes take a while for actual product to arrive af...

Western Digital and Seagate clearly had very different goals in mind when they created their respective drives, and the benchmark data shows that they each had some success in achieving those goals. Their strengths certainly come with weaknesses attac...

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Bjorn3d.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:25

Average rating:90

Last year Seagate launched a 750GB 1st Generation Perpendicular hard drive to the world. When released the Barracuda 750GB 7200.10 was the largest hard drive was the largest drive available, notice we say was. This 750GB drive at the time was only bet...

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...
Price may be of concern to some general consumers...
We were a little worried that a drive the size of Barracuda 7200.11 1TB would not perform well. So much for those thoughts the 1TB Seagate is a fast drive with a good sustained throughput and very good access times. Even though a few of the benchmarks...

gwn.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:26

Average rating:90

Ties or outperforms the competition; 32 cents per gigabyte cost; Price per gigabyte is equally equitable for both 750 GB and 1 TB drives. Lows500 GB version provides best bang for buck value; No feature that really sets the drive above the crowd. Final...

Ties or outperforms the competition; 32 cents per gigabyte cost; Price per gigabyte is equally equitable for both 750 GB and 1 TB drives.
500 GB version provides best bang for buck value; No feature that really sets the drive above the crowd.
Seagate’s newest hard drive continues the company’s tradition of competitive hard drives.

hothardware.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:29

Average rating:0

Seagate was surprisingly late to join the small, but elite club of storage manufacturers shipping one terabyte (1TB) class hard drives. Somewhat expectedly, the first out of the gate was Hitachi, who made it to market several months beforehand with...

From a technical standpoint, the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 is one of the most advanced consumer level hard disks on the market. The drive showcases second generation perpendicular recording, 32 MB of cache, excellent multi-tasking performance, very...

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Techreport.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:30

Average rating:0

Seagate consistently snags the largest slice of the hard drive market, and it was the first manufacturer to push capacities to 750GB. However, the company has been slow to the terabyte mark, handily beaten to the punch by Hitachis Deskstar 7K1000. Wes...

With 250GB platters, 32MB of cache, and a 7,200-RPM spindle speed, the Barracuda 7200.11 should be the fastest high-capacity drive on the market. Except that it isnt. Results from our performance testing are mixed at best, with the new cuda excelling...

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i4u.com

Updated:
2013-09-24 04:50:32

Average rating:95

Today we are looking at the recently launched Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 1TB internal HDD. This drive is Seagate’s entry in the massive 1TB storage market where Hitachi launched the first salvo with its Deskstar 7K1000 1TB internal HDD...

Fast speeds, Huge storage capacity, Faster than a Raptor HDD...
Expensive...
After all the tests were done, the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 1TB internal HDD ran neck in neck with the Hitachi Deskstar 1TB drive. The Seagate drive ran away from the Hitachi in the HD Tach tests and the Hitachi pulled slightly ahead in S...

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