Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate 160GB 2.5 vs Seagate 73GB 2.5

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Comparison of 160GB 2.5, 73GB 2.5
27 specifications	A Seagate 160GB 2.5 View product	B Seagate 73GB 2.5 View product
Features7 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	160 GB	73.4 GB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	15000 RPM
HDD size	2.5"	2.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA II	SAS
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	32 MB	16 MB
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	3 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Read seek timeDiffers	8.5 ms	2.9 ms
Write seek timeDiffers	9.5 ms	3.3 ms
Average latencyDiffers	4.16 ms	2 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	512	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	1200000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Server/workstation
HDD number of headsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Power1 differ
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	2.8 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (idle)Differs	2.3 W	3.7 W
Operating voltage	5 V	5 V
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 55 °C	5 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Operating vibration	0.5 G	0.5 G
Non-operating vibration	2.4 G	2.4 G
Operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	60 G
Non-operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300 G
Weight & dimensions1 differ
Width	70 mm	70 mm
Depth	100.5 mm	100.5 mm
Height	14.8 mm	14.8 mm
WeightDiffers	188 g	195 g

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