Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate 2TB 3.5" SATA 5900rpm vs Seagate CS 2TB SATA 6Gb/s

6specifications compared
3differ
3identical
26known for one product only

Key differences

HDD speed
- 2TB 3.5" SATA 5900rpm:5900 RPM
- CS 2TB SATA 6Gb/s:7200 RPM
Interface
- 2TB 3.5" SATA 5900rpm:Serial ATA II
- CS 2TB SATA 6Gb/s:Serial ATA III
Storage drive buffer size
- 2TB 3.5" SATA 5900rpm:32 MB
- CS 2TB SATA 6Gb/s:64 MB

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Comparison of 2TB 3.5" SATA 5900rpm, CS 2TB SATA 6Gb/s
32 specifications	A Seagate 2TB 3.5" SATA 5900rpm View product	B Seagate CS 2TB SATA 6Gb/s View product
Features3 differ
HDD capacity	2 TB	2 TB
HDD speedDiffers	5900 RPM	7200 RPM
HDD size	3.5"	3.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA II	Serial ATA III
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	NAS
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	32 MB	64 MB
HDD number of headsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6
Read seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	9.5 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10.5 ms
SMART technologyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4096
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	800000 h
Poweridentical
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5.53 W
Power consumption (read)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 W
Power consumption (write)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 W
Operating voltage	5 / 12 V	5 / 12 V
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 95%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 95%
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	101.8 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	147 mm
HeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	26.1 mm
WeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	535 g
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s
Hot-Plug supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
InternalKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of products includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 pc(s)
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

A dash means the value is not stated by the source. Unknown values are never counted for or against a product, and there is no overall score.

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