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Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA II 300Gb vs Seagate Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB

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  • 16specifications compared
  • 12differ
  • 4identical
  • 29known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA II 300Gb has 140 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB (300 GB vs 160 GB). The Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA II 300Gb has 1,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB (7200 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB has 1.4 ms more average latency than the Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA II 300Gb (5.56 ms vs 4.16 ms). Interface: Serial ATA II on the Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA II 300Gb, Serial ATA on the Seagate Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB. Storage temperature (T-T): 40 - 70 °C on the Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA II 300Gb, -40 - 70 °C on the Seagate Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB.

  • HDD capacity
    • 300 GB
    • 160 GB
  • HDD speed
    • 7200 RPM
    • 5400 RPM
  • Interface
    • Serial ATA II
    • Serial ATA
  • Average latency
    • 4.16 ms
    • 5.56 ms
  • Start-up current
    • 2.8 A
    • 1 A
  • Storage temperature (T-T)
    • 40 - 70 °C
    • -40 - 70 °C
  • Operating shock
    • 63 G
    • 350 G
  • Non-operating shock
    • 300 G
    • 1000 G

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Barracuda 7200.9 SATA II 300GbView product
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Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GBView product
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers300 GB160 GB
HDD speedDiffers7200 RPM5400 RPM
HDD sizeKnown for one3.5"
InterfaceDiffersSerial ATA IISerial ATA
Storage drive buffer size8 MB8 MB
Read seek timeKnown for one8 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one9 ms
Track to track seek timeKnown for one0.8 ms
Average latencyDiffers4.16 ms5.56 ms
Bytes per sector512512
TypeKnown for oneHDD
Component forKnown for oneLaptop
HDD number of headsKnown for one2
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one600000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one500000 h
Power1 differ
Operating voltageKnown for one5 / 12 V
Start-up currentDiffers2.8 A1 A
Power consumption (typical)Known for one1.3 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one0.205 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one0.685 W
Power consumption (read)Known for one1.6 W
Power consumption (write)Known for one1.6 W
Operational conditions3 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)0 - 60 °C0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Differs40 - 70 °C-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one5 - 90%
Operating altitudeKnown for one-60.96 - 3.048 m
Operating shockDiffers63 G350 G
Non-operating shockDiffers300 G1000 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers101.6 mm69.8 mm
DepthDiffers147 mm100.5 mm
HeightDiffers26.1 mm9.5 mm
WeightDiffers655 g98.5 g
Other featuresidentical
Ethernet LANKnown for oneNo
Fibre ChannelKnown for oneNo
FireWire 400Known for oneNo
FireWire 800Known for oneNo
InternalYesYes
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one0
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) ports quantityKnown for one0
USB poweredKnown for oneNo
Dimensions (W x D x H) (imperial)Known for one101.6 x 147 x 26.1 mm (4 x 5.79 x 1.03")
Weight (imperial)Known for one0.653 kg (1.44 lbs)
Data transfer rateKnown for one3 Gbit/s
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for one60.3 MB/s
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one300 Mbit/s

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