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Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Samsung 300GB HDD vs Seagate 200GB 3.5" IDE

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  • 23specifications compared
  • 10differ
  • 13identical
  • 20known for one product only

Key differences

The Samsung 300GB HDD has 100 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate 200GB 3.5" IDE (300 GB vs 200 GB). The Samsung 300GB HDD has 0.01 ms more average latency than the Seagate 200GB 3.5" IDE (4.17 ms vs 4.16 ms). The Seagate 200GB 3.5" IDE has 0.1 W more power consumption (standby) than the Samsung 300GB HDD (0.8 W vs 0.7 W). Interface: Ultra-ATA/100 on the Samsung 300GB HDD, IDE/ATA on the Seagate 200GB 3.5" IDE. Operating altitude: -304.8 - 3048 m on the Samsung 300GB HDD, -60.96 - 3048 m on the Seagate 200GB 3.5" IDE.

  • HDD capacity
    • 300 GB
    • 200 GB
  • Interface
    • Ultra-ATA/100
    • IDE/ATA
  • Average latency
    • 4.17 ms
    • 4.16 ms
  • Power consumption (standby)
    • 0.7 W
    • 0.8 W
  • Operating altitude
    • -304.8 - 3048 m
    • -60.96 - 3048 m
  • Non-operating altitude
    • -304.8 - 12192 m
    • -60.96 - 12192 m
  • Width
    • 101.6 mm
    • 101.8 mm
  • Depth
    • 146.1 mm
    • 147 mm

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43 specifications
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Samsung

300GB HDDView product
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Seagate

200GB 3.5" IDEView product
Features3 differ
HDD capacityDiffers300 GB200 GB
HDD speed7200 RPM7200 RPM
HDD size3.5"3.5"
InterfaceDiffersUltra-ATA/100IDE/ATA
TypeHDDHDD
Storage drive buffer size8 MB8 MB
Full stroke seek timeKnown for one18 ms
Track to track seek timeKnown for one0.8 ms
Average seek timeKnown for one8.9 ms
Average latencyDiffers4.17 ms4.16 ms
Bytes per sector512512
Start/stop cycles5000050000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one600000 h
HDD number of cylindersKnown for one16383
HDD number of headsKnown for one16
Read seek timeKnown for one11 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one12 ms
Power1 differ
Power consumption (typical)Known for one8.4 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs0.7 W0.8 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)Known for one0.45 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one8 W
Operating voltage5 / 12 V5 / 12 V
Power consumption (read)Known for one12.8 W
Power consumption (write)Known for one12.8 W
Start-up currentKnown for one2.8 A
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)0 - 60 °C0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)-40 - 70 °C-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)5 - 90%5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)5 - 95%5 - 95%
Operating vibrationKnown for one1 G
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one2 G
Operating altitudeDiffers-304.8 - 3048 m-60.96 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeDiffers-304.8 - 12192 m-60.96 - 12192 m
Operating shock63 G63 G
Non-operating shock300 G300 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers101.6 mm101.8 mm
DepthDiffers146.1 mm147 mm
HeightDiffers25.4 mm26.1 mm
WeightDiffers653 g635 g
Other featuresidentical
Drive ready timeKnown for one10 s
Drive devices burst data transfer rate (DMA)Known for one2
Drive devices burst data transfer rate (PIO)Known for one4
Drive devices burst data transfer rate (Ultra DMA)Known for one5

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