Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive vs Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive

11specifications compared
9differ
2identical
26known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive has 248 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive (256 MB vs 8 MB). The Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive has 550,000 more start/stop cycles than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive (600000 vs 50000). The Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive has 0.8 A more start-up current than the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive (2.6 A vs 1.8 A). HDD capacity: 250 GB on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive, 4 TB on the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive. Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 60 °C on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive, 0 - 70 °C on the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:250 GB
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:4 TB
Storage drive buffer size
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:8 MB
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:256 MB
Start/stop cycles
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:50000
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:600000
Start-up current
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:2.6 A
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:1.8 A
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:0 - 60 °C
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:0 - 70 °C
Width
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:101.6 mm
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:101.8 mm
Depth
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:147 mm
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:20.2 mm
Height
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:26.1 mm
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:147 mm

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Comparison of ST3250824A-RF, ST4000VX005
37 specifications	A Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive Model ST3250824A-RF View product	B Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive Model ST4000VX005 View product
Features3 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	250 GB	4 TB
HDD speedKnown for one	7200 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD size	3.5"	3.5"
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	8 MB	256 MB
HDD number of cylindersKnown for one	16383	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD number of headsKnown for one	16	Unknown — not stated by the source
Read seek timeKnown for one	11 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Write seek timeKnown for one	12 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average latencyKnown for one	4.16 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	512	Unknown — not stated by the source
RefurbishedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start/stop cyclesDiffers	50000	600000
InterfaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Serial ATA III
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Digital video recorder (DVR)
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	< 1 per 10^14 bits read
24/7 operationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000000 h
Power1 differ
Operating voltageKnown for one	5 / 12 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start-up currentDiffers	2.6 A	1.8 A
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.7 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.25 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.5 W
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 60 °C	0 - 70 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 90%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 95%	Unknown — not stated by the source
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 & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	101.8 mm
DepthDiffers	147 mm	20.2 mm
HeightDiffers	26.1 mm	147 mm
WeightDiffers	580 g	490 g
Other featuresidentical
Compatible productsKnown for one	PCs	Unknown — not stated by the source

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