Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive vs Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive

18specifications compared
9differ
9identical
18known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive has 1,300 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive (7200 RPM vs 5900 RPM). The Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive has 56 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive (64 MB vs 8 MB). The Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive has 8 more HDD heads than the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive (16 vs 8). HDD capacity: 250 GB on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive, 4 TB on the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:250 GB
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:4 TB
HDD speed
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:7200 RPM
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:5900 RPM
Storage drive buffer size
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:8 MB
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:64 MB
HDD number of heads
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:16
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:8
Read seek time
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:11 ms
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:12 ms
Bytes per sector
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:512
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:4096
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:0 - 60 °C
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:5 - 60 °C
Width
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:101.6 mm
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:101.8 mm

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Comparison of ST3250824A-RF, ST4000NC000-RF
36 specifications	A Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive Model ST3250824A-RF View product	B Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive Model ST4000NC000-RF View product
Features6 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	250 GB	4 TB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5900 RPM
HDD size	3.5"	3.5"
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	8 MB	64 MB
HDD number of cylindersKnown for one	16383	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD number of headsDiffers	16	8
Read seek timeDiffers	11 ms	12 ms
Write seek time	12 ms	12 ms
Average latencyKnown for one	4.16 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sectorDiffers	512	4096
Refurbished	Yes	Yes
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	50000	Unknown — not stated by the source
InterfaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Serial ATA III
Average seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12 ms
SMART technologyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	800000 h
Poweridentical
Operating voltage	5 / 12 V	5 / 12 V
Start-up currentKnown for one	2.6 A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6.49 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.77 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.59 W
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 60 °C	5 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 90%	5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 95%	5 - 95%
Operating altitudeKnown for one	-60.96 - 3048 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	-60.96 - 12192 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating shockKnown for one	63 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating shockKnown for one	350 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	101.8 mm
DepthKnown for one	147 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Height	26.1 mm	26.1 mm
WeightDiffers	580 g	606 g
Other featuresidentical
Compatible productsKnown for one	PCs	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s

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