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The Package
The Seagate 750GB Barracuda 7200.10 hard drive came in a semi-rigid plastic box to protect it against shock and electrostatic charges.
If you intend to have it delivered by mail, make sure you pack it inside a thick, padded box. The plastic box is really not tough enough to protect the drive against the rigors of mail delivery.
Of course, if you purchase the retail version of this drive, it will come in its own box, with the proper packaging to survive a mail delivery.
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Inside the box is the focus of this review - the Seagate 750GB Barracuda 7200.10 hard drive! We will examine this drive in detail soon enough, but let's go through its specifications first.
Specifications
Model |
• ST3750640A (Ultra-ATA) |
Formatted Capacity |
• 750 GB |
Guaranteed Sectors |
• NA |
Bytes Per Sector |
• 512 bytes |
Sectors Per Track |
• NA |
Cylinders |
• NA |
Read/Write Heads |
• 8 |
Recording Method |
• NA |
Interleave |
• 1 : 1 |
Spindle Speed |
• 7,200 RPM |
Cache Buffer |
• 16 MB SDRAM |
Average Latency |
• 4.16 msec. |
Maximum Internal Data Transfer Rate |
• 78 MB/s |
Maximum I/O Transfer Rate |
• 300
MB/s (Serial ATA) |
Average Seek |
• NA |
Average Latency |
• 4.16 msec. |
Interface |
• Serial ATA 3Gb/s |
Supported SATA Data Transfer Mode |
• 300 Gbits/s |
SATA II Hotplug Capability |
• Yes |
Maximum Height |
• 26.1 mm |
Maximum Width |
• 101.6 mm |
Maximum Length |
• 146.99 mm |
Maximum Weight |
• 720 g |
Power Requirements |
• +12V DC |
Voltage Tolerance |
• 12V ± 10 % |
Seek Power (Typical) |
• 12.6 W |
Operating Power (Typical) |
• 13.0 W |
Idle Mode (Typical) |
• 9.3 W |
Ambient Temperature |
• 0 °C to 60 °C
(Operating) |
Maximum Operating
Shock |
• 68 G |
Maximum Non-Operating
Shock |
• 300 G |
Idle Drive Acoustics |
• 2.7 bels (Typical) |
Seek Drive Acoustics |
• 3.0 bels (Typical) |
Contact Start-Stop Cycles |
• 50,000 Cycles |
Non-Recoverable Read Errors |
• 1 error per 1014 bits read |
Service Life |
• 5 Years |
Warranty |
• 5 Years Limited Warranty |
