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Seagate ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm vs Seagate Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s 1-TB HD 20pk

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  • 27known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s 1-TB HD 20pk has 30 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm (32 MB vs 2 MB). The Seagate ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm has 4.17 ms more average latency than the Seagate Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s 1-TB HD 20pk (8.33 ms vs 4.16 ms). The Seagate ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm has 437 G more operating shock than the Seagate Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s 1-TB HD 20pk (500 G vs 63 G). Only the Seagate ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm has USB powered. HDD capacity: 60 GB on the Seagate ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm, 1 TB on the Seagate Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s 1-TB HD 20pk.

  • HDD capacity
    • ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm:60 GB
    • Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s 1-TB HD 20pk:1 TB
  • Interface
    • ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm:IDE/ATA
    • Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s 1-TB HD 20pk:Serial ATA
  • Storage drive buffer size
    • ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm:2 MB
    • Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s 1-TB HD 20pk:32 MB
  • Average latency
    • ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm:8.33 ms
    • Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s 1-TB HD 20pk:4.16 ms
  • Operating temperature (T-T)
    • ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm:0 - 60 °C
    • Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s 1-TB HD 20pk:5 - 55 °C
  • Operating shock
    • ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm:500 G
    • Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s 1-TB HD 20pk:63 G
  • Non-operating shock
    • ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm:1500 G
    • Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s 1-TB HD 20pk:300 G
  • Weight
    • ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm:48 g
    • Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s 1-TB HD 20pk:530 g

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Comparison of ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm, Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s 1-TB HD 20pk
37 specifications
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers60 GB1 TB
HDD speedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source7200 RPM
HDD sizeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source3.5"
InterfaceDiffersIDE/ATASerial ATA
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers2 MB32 MB
Read seek timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source8.5 ms
Write seek timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source9.5 ms
Track to track seek timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source0.8 ms
Average latencyDiffers8.33 ms4.16 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source512
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1200000 h
Poweridentical
Operating voltageKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5 / 12 V
Power consumption (typical)Known for one0.5 WUnknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (standby)Known for one0.08 WUnknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions3 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs0 - 60 °C5 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source-40 - 70 °C
Operating shockDiffers500 G63 G
Non-operating shockDiffers1500 G300 G
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one5 - 90%Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating vibrationKnown for one1 GUnknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one5 GUnknown — not stated by the source
Operating altitudeKnown for one-60.98 - 3048 mUnknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one-60.98 - 12192 mUnknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WidthKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source101.6 mm
DepthKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source147 mm
HeightKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source26.1 mm
WeightDiffers48 g530 g
Other features1 differ
HDD transfer rateKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1287 Mbit/s
Data transfer rateKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source3 Gbit/s
InternalYesYes
USB poweredDiffersYesNo
Sustained data rateKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source105 MB/s
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one54.3 x 71.3 x 5.15 mmUnknown — not stated by the source
Product colourKnown for oneSilverUnknown — not stated by the source
FireWire 400Known for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Mac compatibilityKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Plug and PlayKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source

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