SATA/150 - 7200 rpm - 8 MB Buffer - 3.5" - MPN: ST3250823AS See Product Details
Description
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 drives with SATA and native command queuing (NCQ) provide top-performing, reliable storage for high-end PCs and advanced applications, backed up by an industry-leading five-year warranty. Their best-in-class combination of capacity, performance and support ideally suit them for ATA-based servers, low-cost NAS, and digital enthusiast PC systems. Seagate's proven NCQ technology enhances system performance and reliability while also making system integration easier and simpler.
Quick Glance
Interface: 1 x Serial ATA/150 Serial ATA
Internal/External: Internal
Drive Width: 3.5"
Drive Type: Hard Drive
Cache Size: 8
Rotational Speed: 7200
Capacity: 250000
Summary
Product Title: Seagate Barracuda 250 GB Internal Hard Drive
Manufacturer: Seagate
Lowest Price: $60.00
Power Score: 3.5 | 12 Reviews
Storage
Capacity: 250 GB
Interface
Interface Type: 1 x Serial ATA/150 Serial ATA
Interface Connection: Serial ATA - 7 pin
Performance
Drive Type: Hard Drive
Rotational Speed: 7200 rpm
Cache Size: 8 MB
Host Transfer Rate: 150 MBps
General
Internal/External: Internal
Form Factor Width: 3.5"
Dimensions
Weight: 1.40 lbs
Dimensions: 1.03" Height x 0.46" Width x 5.79" Depth
Warranty
Warranty Information: 3 Year Limited
More Info
URL: Manufacturer Link
Additional Specifications
Frequency Band: Native Command Queuing (NCQ) SoftSonic motor RoHS-compliant Enhanced G-Force Protection Recording Method: 16/17 EPRML Available Sectors: 488397168 Best Fit Applications: Mainstream and high-performance PCs Small workgroup servers in businesses, education and government Video, digital photo and e-mail storage on PC-based home media servers Storage of fixed-content information that is actively referenced but changed infrequently (medical records, active data archives, financial statements, videos, digital photos) PCs optimized for gaming
Compatible Drive Bay Height: 1/3H
Maximum Internal Data Transfer Rate: 95 MBps (760 Mbps)
Average Latency: 4.16 ms
SATA Pin: 7-pin
Drive Height: 1/3H
Drive Width: 3.5"
Strengths: Quiet
Weakness: None
Most quiet hard drive I ever had, running two of them in my computer. These are 100% better than Western Digital. They come with a five year warranty, can't beat it and the price was right.
Strengths: Best Warranty in the HDD line. Fast, Easy to install and set-up.
Weakness: N/A
I have 2 - 250GB drives and 2 - 80GB Seagate Baracuda's and they have ran flawlesly since I've used them. You could not ask anymore from a reliable HDD than the Seagate with a 5 year warranty on all their drives.
Strengths: - 5 years warranty - SATA w/ NCQ - Quiet
Weakness: - Not the fastest of the pack
This Seagate drive may not be as fast as others but it's famous for it's quiet operation. Long warranty from Seagate. Plus it supports the latest technology SATA-150 with NCQ
Strengths: Runs quietly, Great value for money.
Weakness: Mine failed after 1 month of moderate use.
Perhaps I'm being harsh, but then again, losing a month's worth of work configuring a system on an all but new drive will do that to you. This drive was very responsive, and never lagged, until suddenly it failed, and my SATA controller couldn't see it. Be sure to have good backups if you're banking on this to see your system past the first month. I've contacted Seagate about the problem, and...
Strengths: Trouble free, quite fast and very quiet
Weakness: So far none
I have been using it for over 5 month now on a DELL Optiplex P4 machine together with its smaller sibling ST3120026AS (Seagate Barracuda 120GB SATA - over 2years of usage). I am very satisfied with the performance of both of them. The 250GB version goes through lots of frequent write / delete cycles often resulting in a complete rewrite of almost 99.5% of its capacity. (the drive is dedicated for...
cmangrum
- Jul 24, 2005
Strengths: 5 years warranty - SATA w/ NCQ - Quiet
Weakness: none that i am aware of
This Seagate drive may not be as fast as others but it's famous for it's quiet operation. Long warranty from Seagate. Plus it supports the latest technology SATA-150 with NCQ I have had no problems and seems to be a great experience with this hard drive would buy another if i need too and would suggest it to anyone who needs a hard drive.
Strengths: Quiet, long warranty, low price per gig
Weakness: 2 out of 5 I bought were DOA
The drives are very quiet. I have 3 running right now in my PC and the fan noise completely masks the hard drive noise. I have received 2 DOA drives, but hesitate to assign the fault to Seagate at this point. Still following up with the vendor (eWiz.com) on this.
Strengths: Very quit, warr.
Weakness: none
I installed this into my first pc build for a storage drive for my karaoke files. I didn't hace any problems installing with Windows XP Pro.
Strengths: Warranty is very long
Weakness: None
Plugged it in it works well and with the 5 year warranty at least you know you can get a new drive if this one breaks but so far its been working great.
Performance is Average according to 2 Hard Drive experts. -- "Strong Multitask Performance"-compreviews.about.com -- "performance was good"-compreviews.about.com -- "Bit Slower in Single Task Performance."-compreviews.about.com Read more to find expert opinions on more features like Technology, Noise, etc.
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Seagate SATA 250 HDD Review
Strengths: SATAm 8mb buffer, 7200 rpm, super quiet and cool
Weakness: none so far
This is a good SATA HDD from Seagate. I like the super quiet and cool performance and the added advantage over ATA hdd. This is a good deal for $100.