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Samsung 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive vs Seagate 300GB HDD

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  • 21specifications compared
  • 12differ
  • 9identical
  • 19known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate 300GB HDD has 220 GB more HDD capacity than the Samsung 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive (300 GB vs 80 GB). The Seagate 300GB HDD has 2,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Samsung 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive (10000 RPM vs 7200 RPM). The Samsung 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive has 7.7 ms more full stroke seek time than the Seagate 300GB HDD (18 ms vs 10.3 ms). Interface: Ultra-ATA/133 on the Samsung 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive, SCSI on the Seagate 300GB HDD. Operating relative humidity (H-H): 5 - 90% on the Samsung 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive, 5 - 95% on the Seagate 300GB HDD.

  • HDD capacity
    • 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive:80 GB
    • 300GB HDD:300 GB
  • HDD speed
    • 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive:7200 RPM
    • 300GB HDD:10000 RPM
  • Interface
    • 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive:Ultra-ATA/133
    • 300GB HDD:SCSI
  • Full stroke seek time
    • 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive:18 ms
    • 300GB HDD:10.3 ms
  • Track to track seek time
    • 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive:0.8 ms
    • 300GB HDD:0.2 ms
  • Average latency
    • 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive:4.17 ms
    • 300GB HDD:3 ms
  • Operating relative humidity (H-H)
    • 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive:5 - 90%
    • 300GB HDD:5 - 95%
  • Operating altitude
    • 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive:-305 - 3050 m
    • 300GB HDD:-304.8 - 3048 m

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Comparison of 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive, 300GB HDD
40 specifications
Features6 differ
HDD capacityDiffers80 GB300 GB
HDD speedDiffers7200 RPM10000 RPM
InterfaceDiffersUltra-ATA/133SCSI
TypeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceHDD
Component forKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceServer/workstation
HDD number of headsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source8
Read seek timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source4.7 ms
Write seek timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5.3 ms
Full stroke seek timeDiffers18 ms10.3 ms
Track to track seek timeDiffers0.8 ms0.2 ms
Average latencyDiffers4.17 ms3 ms
Average seek timeKnown for one8.9 msUnknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sectorKnown for one512Unknown — not stated by the source
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one50000Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one500000 hUnknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source16.4 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source10.1 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one0.5 WUnknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions5 differ
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs5 - 90%5 - 95%
Operating vibrationKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1 G
Non-operating vibrationKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source3 G
Operating altitudeDiffers-305 - 3050 m-304.8 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeDiffers-305 - 12200 m-304.8 - 12192 m
Operating shockDiffers63 G40 G
Non-operating shockDiffers350 G225 G
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers635 g726 g
Other featuresidentical
Mac compatibilityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceNo
Power requirementsKnown for one5V°±5% / 12V°±10%Unknown — not stated by the source
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for one133 MB/sUnknown — not stated by the source
Drive ready timeKnown for one7 sUnknown — not stated by the source
InternalKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source

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