Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 or 7200.11 (500gb) Pls Help and Vote

[Coolio_alert]

Take your vote in the poll please! Tell me your opions!

Thx

 

[turtle1]

Silly question as the 7200.11 are quieter, cooler and faster than the 7200.10's.

 

[kad]

No dout 7200.11
Though better of both is Caviar RE2 750GB

 

[Coolio_alert]

On canadacomputers.ca it says that the 7200.11 are "Proven second-generation perpendicular recording technology" why second? And the 7200.10 is ES.2 SATA whats ES.2?

 

[Coolio_alert]

I do not know whether I'm going with WD or Seagate yet...

 

[turtle1]

Second Generation means it is newer than first generation (like the 7200.10)

 

[kad]

Check this benchmark of more than 20 HDD's

http://techreport.com/articles.x/13440

 

[panicatak]

I have a 7200.10 whihc has been firmware upgraded I get about 80Mb/s
i have a pair of 7200.11 (but they are only 8mb models) that do about 105MB/s.

So my vote is for the 7200.11s, as stated they also run cooler.

In my Gigabyte 3D Aurora I have (equaly spaced across the 5 bays)

1x st3500630as running at 32 degrees (7200.10)
1x st3200820as running at 33 degrees (7200.10)
1x st3500820as running at 28 degrees (7200.11)

My other st3500820as is in an Antex MX-1 is running at 25 Degrees

 

[slim142]

Second generation means newer, they came out later. Any bug or glitch found in the drive or error has been most probably fixed.

 

[Squidmaster]

The 320GB versions of these models on newegg show the 7200.11 as having slower seek and write times compared to the 7200.10. Does anyone know what that is about?

 

[andrei3333]

umm two platters that are not as dense as compared to the more dense platters of the 500GB

i have the 7200.11 and yes it DOES run quiet and very cool, and it seems fast

go with the 7200.11 500gb, when i was buying mine months ago it was the best $ per GB and now with the prices going downs its even better

 

[EXT64]

Well, it depends what 7200.10 you are comparing it to. I just bought a 250GB 7200.10 SINGLE platter, and it is significantly faster than all of the other 7200.10s. It is probably a hair slower than the 7200.11s, but it probably can hold its own against them. The rest are just put to shame by the .11s.

 

[lolitha]

7200.11 to me

 

[amdwilliam1985]

umm two platters that are not as dense as compared to the more dense platters of the 500GB

I read it somewhere that the 320gb 7200.11 is a single platter. Google it maybe.

 

[roncpem]

The 320gb 7200.11 is a single platter. Several days ago I asked if anyone had it yet & what they thought about it. Guess it was to new, had no replies.

 

[dan allen]

I can't compare the it to the 7200.10 because I never had the chance to use them, but my 500 GB 7200.11 works great. I've only had it for a few months so I can't say anything about the reliability or durability, but it runs very fast, cool, and quiet.