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Lenovo ThinkPad 320GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive vs Seagate 7200.12 SATA 250GB

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  • 12specifications compared
  • 10differ
  • 2identical
  • 27known for one product only

Key differences

The Lenovo ThinkPad 320GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive has 70 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate 7200.12 SATA 250GB (320 GB vs 250 GB). The Seagate 7200.12 SATA 250GB has 1" more HDD size than the Lenovo ThinkPad 320GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive (3.5" vs 2.5"). The Lenovo ThinkPad 320GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive has 9.5 ms more track to track seek time than the Seagate 7200.12 SATA 250GB (10.5 ms vs 1 ms). Operating voltage: 5 V on the Lenovo ThinkPad 320GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive, 5 / 12 V on the Seagate 7200.12 SATA 250GB. Operating temperature (T-T): 10 - 40 °C on the Lenovo ThinkPad 320GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive, 0 - 60 °C on the Seagate 7200.12 SATA 250GB.

  • HDD capacity
    • ThinkPad 320GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive:320 GB
    • 7200.12 SATA 250GB:250 GB
  • HDD size
    • ThinkPad 320GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive:2.5"
    • 7200.12 SATA 250GB:3.5"
  • Track to track seek time
    • ThinkPad 320GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive:10.5 ms
    • 7200.12 SATA 250GB:1 ms
  • Average latency
    • ThinkPad 320GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive:4.2 ms
    • 7200.12 SATA 250GB:4.16 ms
  • Operating voltage
    • ThinkPad 320GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive:5 V
    • 7200.12 SATA 250GB:5 / 12 V
  • Operating temperature (T-T)
    • ThinkPad 320GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive:10 - 40 °C
    • 7200.12 SATA 250GB:0 - 60 °C
  • Operating relative humidity (H-H)
    • ThinkPad 320GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive:20 - 80%
    • 7200.12 SATA 250GB:5 - 95%
  • Width
    • ThinkPad 320GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive:69.8 mm
    • 7200.12 SATA 250GB:101.6 mm

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Comparison of ThinkPad 320GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive, 7200.12 SATA 250GB
39 specifications
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers320 GB250 GB
HDD sizeDiffers2.5"3.5"
TypeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceHDD
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source8 MB
HDD number of cylindersKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source16383
HDD number of headsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
Read seek timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source8.5 ms
Write seek timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source9.5 ms
Track to track seek timeDiffers10.5 ms1 ms
Average latencyDiffers4.2 ms4.16 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source512
Power1 differ
Power consumption (idle)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5 W
Operating voltageDiffers5 V5 / 12 V
Start-up currentKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2 A
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs10 - 40 °C0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs20 - 80%5 - 95%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5 - 95%
Operating altitudeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source-304.8 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source-304.8 - 12192 m
Operating shockKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source70 G
Non-operating shockKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source350 G
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers69.8 mm101.6 mm
DepthDiffers100.2 mm147 mm
HeightDiffers9.5 mm20 mm
WeightKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source415 g
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rateKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1.695 Gbit/s
Disks included quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1 pc(s)
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source300 MB/s
Plug and PlayKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Recording densityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1413 kbit/inch
Track densityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source236
Sustained data rateKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source125 MB/s
HDD transfer rateKnown for one118.4 Mbit/sUnknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsKnown for oneMicrosoft Windows Vista / XPUnknown — not stated by the source
InternalKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
CertificationKnown for oneCE, CSA, UL, TUV, C-Tick, BSMIUnknown — not stated by the source

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