Seagate Barracuda 7200.12

[Regina]

Shortly after Samsung , it is the turn of Seagate to announce a new line of hard drives, called Barracuda 7200.12, using one or more plates of 500 GB . The first of this new model range, ST3500410AS, has a capacity of 500 GB and uses therefore that a single shelf. Operator interface SATA II, ST3500410AS board 16 MB of cache. Icing on the cake, where the Samsung F2 EcoGreen 500 GB running at 5400 rpm, Seagate model runs at 7200 revolutions per minute! Expected around 50 euros, the ST3500410AS could make its appearance in the coming days.

[Regina]

hey buddy some more info

This is a fairly big surprise. Do not announced in advance, the new Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 drives are just the first in Japanese and German stores. Carriers are marked with the symbol ST3500410AS fall and 500GB of data. Inside drives is a rotating plate with the rotational speed of 7,200 RPM, which means that the series will be from 7200.12 use plates with a capacity of 500GB. And it is the biggest surprise, not only for customers but perhaps even competitors Seagate, who, according to the announcement preparing to introduce talerzami discs with a capacity of 375 or 400Gb, instead of the current ceiling of 320-334GB. Interested parties may acquire drives in our western neighbors as the sum of 50-55 euros

Unfortunately, we do not know anything yet about the official premiere of disks, but it is possible that it will be held during the Fair CES (8-11 January 2009 Las Vegas).

[Landry]

640GB because it was the largest capacity available on 2 plates. 1 crop of 320 plate but it was too little and there is such a 500GB on a single;

[Sloane]

response to a smaller number of plates is simple: the cost of production. Price falls drive, now costs an average capacity of <$ 50, while in 2003 it was around $ 100. The lower casing - the lower costs of production, packaging and transport.

[Rodney123]

The last 500 GB Seagate 7200.11 series it was black! The carnage fell like flies! an average of one in five.

[Paxton]

Seagate Technology, the leader in making flash drives has announced the availability of densest desktop hard drive, the Barracuda 7200.12. The hard drive offers 1TB of capacity on two disks.

Barracuda drive is a 3.5” disk and has the capacity to store 329 gigabits per square inch. By the end of year, the company expects to launch drives capable of storing even more data.

The Barracuda 7200.12’s has a Serial ATA interface with speed of 3GB/second. The drive is also offered in capacities of 750GB and 500GB, with cache options of 32MB and 16MB.

Prior to this, Seagate has announced Barracuda 7200.11, which offered 1.5TB of capacity on a four-platter, 3.5-in. desktop drive.

As of now, the drive is available for purchase online. Retail prices are also not announced by the vendor. But a 500GB 7200.12 drive is available at online retail sites for $64.99.