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Acer Hard disk U320 36GB 15K rpm 80 pin incl. carrier vs Samsung 40GB SATA Hard Drive

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  • 5specifications compared
  • 4differ
  • 1identical
  • 17known for one product only

Key differences

The Samsung 40GB SATA Hard Drive has 4 GB more HDD capacity than the Acer Hard disk U320 36GB 15K rpm 80 pin incl. carrier (40 GB vs 36 GB). The Acer Hard disk U320 36GB 15K rpm 80 pin incl. carrier has 9,600 RPM more HDD speed than the Samsung 40GB SATA Hard Drive (15000 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Acer Hard disk U320 36GB 15K rpm 80 pin incl. carrier has 170 MB/s more drive device, transfer rate than the Samsung 40GB SATA Hard Drive (320 MB/s vs 150 MB/s). Interface: SCSI on the Acer Hard disk U320 36GB 15K rpm 80 pin incl. carrier, Serial ATA on the Samsung 40GB SATA Hard Drive.

  • HDD capacity
    • Hard disk U320 36GB 15K rpm 80 pin incl. carrier:36 GB
    • 40GB SATA Hard Drive:40 GB
  • HDD speed
    • Hard disk U320 36GB 15K rpm 80 pin incl. carrier:15000 RPM
    • 40GB SATA Hard Drive:5400 RPM
  • Interface
    • Hard disk U320 36GB 15K rpm 80 pin incl. carrier:SCSI
    • 40GB SATA Hard Drive:Serial ATA
  • Drive device, transfer rate
    • Hard disk U320 36GB 15K rpm 80 pin incl. carrier:320 MB/s
    • 40GB SATA Hard Drive:150 MB/s

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Comparison of Hard disk U320 36GB 15K rpm 80 pin incl. carrier, 40GB SATA Hard Drive
22 specifications
Features3 differ
HDD capacityDiffers36 GB40 GB
HDD speedDiffers15000 RPM5400 RPM
HDD sizeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2.5"
InterfaceDiffersSCSISerial ATA
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source8 MB
Full stroke seek timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source22 ms
Track to track seek timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2 ms
Average seek timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source12 ms
Average latencyKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5.6 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source512
Start/stop cyclesKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source600000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source330000 h
Poweridentical
Operating voltageKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5 V
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source100 mm
DepthKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source70 mm
HeightKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source9.4 mm
WeightKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source100 g
Other features1 differ
HDD transfer rateKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source428 Mbit/s
Drive device, transfer rateDiffers320 MB/s150 MB/s
Drive ready timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source4 s
InternalYesYes
Number of pinsKnown for one80Unknown — not stated by the source

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