Seagate Barracuda 80/120/160/200GB 7200.7 SATA/150 Hard Drives

As our computer systems increase in their capabilities, so do the demands on the hard drives. With digital media, broadband connections and a seemingly endless array of multimedia applications, the running efficiency and storage of the hard drives is of paramount importance to ensure your system is up the challenge. But what hard drive will meet your purpose?? The basic specs to keep an eye out for that determines speed of operation are the 'spindle speed', capacity, interface, seek time and cache size. The Spindle speed is the rotating speed of the disk within the drive. Basically the faster it spins, the faster it can process information. For the interface you have a choice of Parallel ATA or Serial ATA, with the latter being faster, more future compliant and causing less clutter within the computer with cables. The lower the seek time and higher the cache will also lead to the hard drive spitting out info quicker. Well the Seagate Barracuda 80/120/160/200GB 7200.7 SATA/150 Hard Drive series delivers on a number of these fronts. With spindle speed at 7000RPM, a cache of 8Mb and average seek time of 8.5ms, processing speed will meet the modern day demands. Being Serial ATA (SATA) will also improve processing power with its information bandwidth being 1.5Mb/sec. Along with its impressive performance, noise levels are kept to a minimum with its sound barrier technology (SBT). But what about the all important dollar question?? The cost of hard drives is affected by their capacity and performance. For hard drives that are used for operating systems, speed becomes more important than storage capacity, so you need to focus your buck on speed rather than capacity. For this purpose the Seagate Barracuda 80/120/160/200GB 7200.7 SATA/150 Hard Drive series will do the job nicely. Mind you, 200GB is a heck of a lot of storage anyway!

Features of the Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA/150 Hard Drives:
- 7200 RPM with varying cache sizes matches storage performance to system needs
- Serial ATA (SATA) interface for ultra fast desktop performance, up to 200GB capacity
- Serial ATA (SATA) with native command queuing (NCQ) for enhanced performance and easy system integration
- Inaudible acoustics with sound barrier technology (SBT), including the Seagate exclusive SoftSonic motor
- Highest Storage density in the world for efficient system designs
- A proven rugged design for increased reliability.
- The industry's only sixth-generation FDB motor- 3D Defense System for comprehensive protection against handling damage and data loss

Best Fit Applications: Mainstream and High Performance PC's, PC gaming systems and home media servers.
Maximum Internal Transfer Rate: 686Mbits/s
Maximum External Transfer Rate: 100 Mbytes/sCache: 8Mb
Warranty: 5years

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