Feature

●Spindle Speed is 7,200 RPM
●Delivers 160 GB capacity, 8 MB Cache
●Interface option is SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
●12th generation of the world’s most popular desktop hard drive

[160 GB]

[250 GB]

[500 GB]

Description

Product Description

The Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 drive delivers excellent power savings without sacrificing performance, giving customers the ability to manufacture PC systems and external storage systems that meet energy savings requirements. The drive combines proven technology with expert manufacturing to deliver up to 1 TB of desktop storage. With the Barracuda 7200.12 drive, our customers can have the best of both worlds—top hard-drive performance and a high-capacity drive with a very small eco-footprint. Seagate is committed to Minimizing the impact of our products and operations on the environment. We have implemented production efficiency measures, such as replacing or renovating less-efficient equipment, resulting in a 20 percent increase in production efficiency on a per-hard-drive basis. In just six months this delivered a savings of 158.93 million kWh, or enough energy to power nearly 15,000 U.S. homes for one year. Seagate also has deployed aggressive waste minimization and recycling programs in facilities worldwide. The Barracuda product family complies with the Restriction of Hazardous Substance (RoHS) directive that limits the use of hazardous materials in electronic goods.

From the Manufacturer

Seagate® Barracuda® drives deliver reliable service and high performance. The Barracuda family has been developed and refined over 12 generations and embodies the highest levels of design for reliability and performance. While Barracuda LP is the low power leader, the entire family of Barracuda drives lead with environmental friendly storage. Typically 70 percent or more of the materials used in each drive are recycled as well as being RoHS compliant. With capacities from 160GB all the way to 2TB, and cache sizes up to 64MB, there is Barracuda drive to fit your needs. Whether its mainstream PC, high-end PC, gaming PC, desktop RAID or storage for USB/FireWire/eSATA connected external, Seagate offers a Barracuda drive for every need.

Seagate® Barracuda® 3.5-Inch Internal Drive What the experts are saying... Performance and reliability for everyone Working with huge files has never been easier. Thats because the Seagate Barracuda drive is incredibly fast, and offers all the storage space you need. Best of all, Seagate reliability is built in. The Seagate Barracuda 3.5-inch Internal Drive is perfect for replacing or expanding your desktop drive capacity in:

Desktop PCs and Macs
Workstations
Direct- and network-attached external storage devices
PC-based game systems
Home servers

Why Choose the Seagate Barracuda drive

Lowers your storage costs without sacrificing performance
Gives you all the storage capacity you need, from 160GB up to 1.5TB
Features a fast 7200-RPM drive that delivers sustained transfer rates of up to 125MB/s
Delivers the optimum mix of performance and energy efficiency thanks to perpendicular recording technology, a SATA 3Gb/s interface, Native Command Queuing (NCQ), and up to 32MB cache
Ensures whisper-quiet operation, reduced power consumption and heat generation
Includes Seagate�s proven, industry-leading reliability

“First two platter 1TB drive; wicked fast. Beats previous contender easily.” -Maximum PC, July 2009 “Blazing fast speeds, silent, cool, energy efficient” 2009 Editors choice award. -TechTree, April 2009 “Strong performance and noticeably quieter than its predecessor. The Barracuda 7200.12 1TB is more than good enough for an OS drive, but also good bottomless storage for your movies and music.” -PC Authority, September 2009 “Over the period of about 4 weeks of brutal testing, I was unable to find any issues or anomalies in their performance. The Barracuda 7200.12 hard drives appear to be the real deal with solid performance at an excellent price. Club Overclocker Recommended.” -Club Overclocker, March 2009 “The Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB hard drive is speedy and offers good value. If you need 1TB of data storage in a single drive, this is worth considering.” -Good Gear Guide, April 2009 “Considering price, performance, and energy efficiency, the Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB hard drive earns the Bigbruin.com award of "Recommended".” -Big Bruin, April 2009

Seagate is thinking green.
"Seagate had already begun demanding full materials disclosure of its suppliers, requiring them to report all the chemicals present in their products, when Apple came knocking with its new orders in 2007." � Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek

Seagate® Barracuda® Family Hard Drives: Desktop storage for every need

Barracuda Drive Specifications Specifications 1.5 TB1 1 TB1 750 GB1 500 GB1 320 GB1 250 GB1 160 GB1 Model Number ST31500341AS ST31000528AS ST3750528AS ST3500418AS
ST3500410AS ST3320418AS ST3250318AS ST3160318AS Interface Options SATA 3Gb/s NCQ SATA 3Gb/s NCQ SATA 3Gb/s NCQ SATA 3Gb/s NCQ SATA 3Gb/s NCQ SATA 3Gb/s NCQ SATA 3Gb/s NCQ Performance Transfer Rate, Max Ext (MB/s) 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 Sustained Data Rate OD (MB/s) 120 125 125 125 125 125 125 Cache (MB) 32 32 32 16 16 8 8 Average Latency (ms) 4.16 4.17 4.17 4.17 4.17 4.17 4.17 Spindle Speed (RPM) 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 Configuration/Organization Bytes per Sector 512 512 512 512 512 512 512 Reliability/Data Integrity Contact Start-Stops 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read 1 per 10E14 1 per 10E14 1 per 10E14 1 per 10E14 1 per 10E14 1 per 10E14 1 per 10E14 Annualized Failure Rate 0.34% 0.34% 0.34% 0.34% 0.34% 0.34% 0.34% Limited Warranty (years) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Power Management Startup Current +12V Peak (A, ±10%) 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 Operating, Average (W) <10.8 <9.4 <9.4 <8.0 <8.0 <8.0 <8.0 Idle, Average (W) <8.3 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 Environmental Temperature (�C) Operating 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 Nonoperating �40 to 70 �40 to 70 �40 to 70 �40 to 70 �40 to 70 �40 to 70 �40 to 70 Shock (Gs) Operating: 2 ms 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 Nonoperating: 1 ms 300 300 300 350 350 350 350 Acoustics (bels � sound power) Idle 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 Seek 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.75 2.75 2.75 2.75 Physical Height (in/mm) 1.02/26.11 1.02/26.1 1.02/26.1 0.78/20 0.78/20 0.78/20 0.78/20 Width (in/mm) 4.00/101.6 4.00/101.6 4.00/101.6 4.00/101.6 4.00/101.6 4.00/101.6 4.00/101.6 Depth (in/mm) 5.78/146.99 5.787/146.99 5.787/146.99 5.787/146.99 5.787/146.99 5.787/146.99 5.787/146.99 Width (in/mm) 1.4/0.64 1.4/0.64 1.4/0.64 1.2/0.54 1.2/0.54 1.2/0.54 1.2/0.54 1 One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity.

How much will it store? Capacity Digital Music
(Hours) Digital Photos
(Files) Digital Videos
(Hours) DVD Quality
(Movies) HD Video
(Hours) 160 GB 2,666 51,200 160 40 40 250 GB 4,165 80,000 250 63 63 320 GB 5,331 102,400 320 80 80 500 GB 8,330 160,000 500 125 125 640 GB 10,662 204,800 640 160 160 750 GB 12,495 240,000 750 188 188 1.0 TB 16,660 320,000 1,000 250 250 1.5 TB 24,990 480,000 1,500 375 375 Average file size using cameras highest resolution JPEG mode Based on standard 2 hour movie Based on H.264 compression at a 6.75Mbs bitrate

Users can expect a performance boost when using Seagate hard drives with Windows 7

Windows 7 has shown to use fewer hard drive resources for system boot and general OS operations, speeding up overall performance and leaving more storage resources for applications.
Cache efficiency has improved. Customers who choose Seagate drives with bigger cache options will see added benefit. Seagate testing confirms improved performance from Windows Vista to Windows 7 on like hard drives with only cache size differences.