Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate 250GB Barracuda vs Seagate 320GB Barracuda

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Comparison of 250GB Barracuda, 320GB Barracuda
30 specifications	A Seagate 250GB Barracuda View product	B Seagate 320GB Barracuda View product
Features2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	250 GB	320 GB
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	8 MB	0 MB
Read seek timeKnown for one	8.5 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Write seek timeKnown for one	9.5 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average latencyKnown for one	4.16 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	8 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	5 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	0 - 60 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	40 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating shockKnown for one	70 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating shockKnown for one	350 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	0 mm
DepthDiffers	147 mm	0 mm
HeightDiffers	19.9 mm	0 mm
WeightKnown for one	415 g	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	300 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Sustained data rateKnown for one	125 MB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Acoustic pressure emissionsKnown for one	2.6 dB	Unknown — not stated by the source

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