Understanding Hard Drive Performance

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500 GB Comparison Table

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ManufacturerSeagateSeagateSeagateSeagate
ProductBarracuda 7200.10Barracuda 7200.10Barracuda 7200.10Barracuda 7200.10
ModelST3500630AST3500630ASST3500830AST3500830AS
Capacity500 GB500 GB500 GB500 GB
Spindle Speed7,200 RPM7,200 RPM7,200 RPM7,200 RPM
Platter3333
Cache16 MB16 MB8 MB8 MB
Native Command Queuing (NCQ)Noyesnoyes
InterfaceUltraATA/100SATA/300UltraATA/100SATA/300

Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.

  • t30ne
    why only comparing seagate? what about WD?
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  • darkfall13
    They were comparing the minute differences or in this case indifferences within a range of nearly identical hard drives. Branding really didn't matter except to just have them all the same...
    Reply