Seagate 7200.12 500GB

[WaitingForNehalem]

How is the noise?

 

[Rebel44]

Originally posted by: WaitingForNehalem
How is the noise?

Its very quiet

 

[bruceyg]

Originally posted by: Rebel44
Results of my Seagate 7200.12 16MB cache 500GB

http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1310qx6.jpg

comparison to my 1.5TB Seagate
http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1311dg3.jpg

I expected better results .....

That is not bad to me, even slightly faster than WD 640gb black drive with 32M cache.
How many years warranty for this drive? I could not find any warranty information from newegg and seagate. You can check warranty of your drive here.

 

[Rebel44]

Originally posted by: bruceyg

Originally posted by: Rebel44
Results of my Seagate 7200.12 16MB cache 500GB

http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1310qx6.jpg

comparison to my 1.5TB Seagate
http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1311dg3.jpg

I expected better results .....

That is not bad to me, even slightly faster than WD 640gb black drive with 32M cache.
How many years warranty for this drive? I could not find any warranty information from newegg and seagate. You can check warranty of your drive here.

Warranty is 3 years. I expected better results because 1.5TB HDD use 375GB platters and this 7200.12 use single 500GB platter and 1.5TB is still faster.

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

Wow, it isn't my HDD making the noise, it's the CPU fan. I ran it externally and it was fine. Then I disconnected all the case fans and there was still noise. Finally, I put my hear to the cpu and there it was, the noise. I feel so dumb.

 

[bruceyg]

I found a review for this drive here.

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: Rebel44
Results of my Seagate 7200.12 16MB cache 500GB

http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1310qx6.jpg

comparison to my 1.5TB Seagate
http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1311dg3.jpg

I expected better results .....

HD Tune please.

 

[Rebel44]

Originally posted by: Quiksilver

Originally posted by: Rebel44
Results of my Seagate 7200.12 16MB cache 500GB

http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1310qx6.jpg

comparison to my 1.5TB Seagate
http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1311dg3.jpg

I expected better results .....

HD Tune please.

DH Tune
http://img258.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1314de4.jpg

Just ignore CPU usage - I am running F@H in VM.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: WaitingForNehalem
Seagate 7200.12 500GB

Anyone excited about these?

:roll: It's hard for me to get worked up over any new Seagate HDs, after the 7200.11 issues.

TechReport: "Seagate offers fix, free data recovery for bricked Barracudas"

 

[poohbear]

is the 7200.12 w/ 16mb cache the one w/ 1 platter or is that the 32mb cache one?

 

[bruceyg]

500gb w/ 16mb cache

 

[poohbear]

thanks. this model number yea? ST3500410AS here:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...&Tpk=seagate%207200.12

do you guys think the 32mb cache is gonna hinder performance much? I bet having a single platter effects performance much more than the 32mb cache, but curious as to why seagate opted NOT to go 32mb and stay w/ 16mb?

also, why dont hdd manufacturers advertise how many platters like they do 8/16/32mb cache if that effects performance more?:/ thanks in advance if anyone can answer. cheers.

 

[bruceyg]

I think the 32M cache will not impove the performance much, since WD6401aals(dual chip 32M cache) is just slightly faster than WD6400aaks(single chip, 16M cache) link. The Seagate 1TB 7200.12 drive is coming out. It has 32M cache.

Originally posted by: poohbear
thanks. this model number yea? ST3500410AS here:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...&Tpk=seagate%207200.12

do you guys think the 32mb cache is gonna hinder performance much? I bet having a single platter effects performance much more than the 32mb cache, but curious as to why seagate opted NOT to go 32mb and stay w/ 16mb?

also, why dont hdd manufacturers advertise how many platters like they do 8/16/32mb cache if that effects performance more?:/ thanks in advance if anyone can answer. cheers.

 

[poohbear]

allright then im off to get one of them 500gb ones.... or should i wait for the 1tb w/ 32mb cache!?!? eeeek decisions decisions. i have'nt found any 1tb for sale anywhere on the net, so 500gb will hafta do.

 

[kajko]

It's hard for me to get worked up over any new Seagate HDs, after the 7200.11 issues. TechReport: "Seagate offers fix, free data recovery for bricked Barracudas"

Was about to pull the trigger on this new one but this recent 7200.11 disaster is making me nervous as well... I've been a Seagate man for a while but WD is tempting these days..or am I just buying into the hype??

 

[bradley]

Originally posted by: bruceyg
I think the 32M cache will not impove the performance much, since WD6401aals(dual chip 32M cache) is just slightly faster than WD6400aaks(single chip, 16M cache) link. The Seagate 1TB 7200.12 drive is coming out. It has 32M cache.

Barracuda 7200.12 SATA 3Gb/s 1TB ST31000523AS. I haven't see it for sale yet though.

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/in...l&modelReqTab=Features

 

[n7]

Don't care about little 500 GB drives , but this means upcoming 2 platter 1 TB, 3 platter 1.5 TB, & most importantly, 4 platter 2 TB HDDs...i hope

 

[Zaxx]

Reminds me of the 320GB single platter 7200.10....single platter and @ 10% faster than the multi platter hdds in the same line.
The wife has 2 in raid0...tis quick!

 

[hansmuff]

Ordering one. This should be a sweet boot drive.

 

[edplayer]

anyone sees reviews for a Raid 0 setup?

How about the 1TB version for sale?

 

[nyfirefly11]

Is paying 65 for this better than paying 69 for the WD 640 black?

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

Yeah, I want to know.

 

[shempf]

my 2 are working fine. Transfer files, vm's, holding os.
sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith...

for me 1 platter vs 2 was preferred. For size I go with 1TB/1.5TB
I'm trying to hold off for the 2 platter 1TB...prefer something more reliable than reviews on the 1.5;s

 

[bruceyg]

Originally posted by: edplayer
anyone sees reviews for a Raid 0 setup?

How about the 1TB version for sale?

Transfer rate is higher than 200MB/s for RAID0 setup

 

[Golgatha]

Excited enough to replace my existing 500GB 7200.10 with one.