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Seagate Pipeline HD ST3500312CS-RF internal hard drive vs Seagate Desktop HDD ST5000VX0011-20PK internal hard drive

9specifications compared
5differ
4identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Desktop HDD ST5000VX0011-20PK internal hard drive has 120 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Pipeline HD ST3500312CS-RF internal hard drive (128 MB vs 8 MB). The Seagate Desktop HDD ST5000VX0011-20PK internal hard drive has 3,584 more bytes per sector than the Seagate Pipeline HD ST3500312CS-RF internal hard drive (4096 vs 512). The Seagate Desktop HDD ST5000VX0011-20PK internal hard drive has 250,000 more start/stop cycles than the Seagate Pipeline HD ST3500312CS-RF internal hard drive (300000 vs 50000). HDD capacity: 500 GB on the Seagate Pipeline HD ST3500312CS-RF internal hard drive, 5 TB on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST5000VX0011-20PK internal hard drive. Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 75 °C on the Seagate Pipeline HD ST3500312CS-RF internal hard drive, 0 - 70 °C on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST5000VX0011-20PK internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- Pipeline HD ST3500312CS-RF internal hard drive:500 GB
- Desktop HDD ST5000VX0011-20PK internal hard drive:5 TB
Storage drive buffer size
- Pipeline HD ST3500312CS-RF internal hard drive:8 MB
- Desktop HDD ST5000VX0011-20PK internal hard drive:128 MB
Bytes per sector
- Pipeline HD ST3500312CS-RF internal hard drive:512
- Desktop HDD ST5000VX0011-20PK internal hard drive:4096
Start/stop cycles
- Pipeline HD ST3500312CS-RF internal hard drive:50000
- Desktop HDD ST5000VX0011-20PK internal hard drive:300000
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Pipeline HD ST3500312CS-RF internal hard drive:0 - 75 °C
- Desktop HDD ST5000VX0011-20PK internal hard drive:0 - 70 °C

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Comparison of ST3500312CS-RF, ST5000VX0011-20PK
25 specifications	A Seagate Pipeline HD ST3500312CS-RF internal hard drive Model ST3500312CS-RF View product	B Seagate Desktop HDD ST5000VX0011-20PK internal hard drive Model ST5000VX0011-20PK View product
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	5 TB
HDD speedKnown for one	5900 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	8 MB	128 MB
Read seek timeKnown for one	14 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Write seek timeKnown for one	15 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sectorDiffers	512	4096
Start/stop cyclesDiffers	50000	300000
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000000 h
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.5 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6.7 W
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.2 A
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 75 °C	0 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 90%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 70 °C
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	101.8 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	147 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	20.2 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightKnown for one	380 g	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 pc(s)

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