Though it’s not so fast when it comes to
transfer large files, this 1TB hard disc brings an excellent value.
Seagate’s 1TB Barracuda is one of the most used
hard discs that we often see in OEM PCs. There are proper reasons for this:
it’s cheap and its specification is updated, with a SATA3 controller and a
spinning speed of 7,200rpm.
It does not necessarily mean that
specification shows great performance, and this cheap hard disc is not so fast.
In large file write speed tests, it achieved a speed of 105.4MB/s and read
large files at 113.1MB/s, at an average rate of 109.2MB/s. They belong to the
type of the slowest speeds we've seen in the large file transfer tests.
Seagate
Barracuda 1TB
Its performance with small file transfer is
better, with the write speed of 52.9MB/s and read speed of 60.4MB/s, achieving
an average of 56.6MB/s. It is really one of the fastest average speeds we've
seen from a hard drive, and of course, the surprise lies in the price and low
power consumption.
Seagate 1TB Barracuda offers only a
one-year warranty, but it also costs approximately 10 cents per gigabyte, which
is an excellent value for a 1TB hard drive. If you are looking for a cheap 1TB
drive, this is a good choice, although if you can spend a little extra money,
you can buy the excellent Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB at $123 incl. VAT,
which has better values.
Seagate 1TB Barracuda
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Price: $88
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Website: www.cclonline.com
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Ranking: 4/5
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Capacity: 1TB
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Interface: SATA3
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Spinning speed: 7,200rpm
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Cache: 32MB
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Search time: 8.5ms
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7Noise when idle: 29dB(A)
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Warranty: one-year RTB
Seagate Barracuda 2TB - Cheap Hard Disc
It’s not so fast, but if you need a
cheap hard disc, don’t look too far away from this!
The SATA3 Barracuda 2TB hard disc is a
popular choice among PC manufacturers; we have seen it in many PCs taken to us
for testing, so we are very pleased to have the opportunity to put it into the
test.
Seagate
Barracuda 2TB
We did not expect ultra-fast transfer
speeds from cheap 7200rpm hard discs, and this 2TB Barracuda is one of the
slowest SATA3 discs we've ever tested. It only has an average speed of 133MB/s
in the large file transfer tests, with the write speed of 136.9MB/s and the
read speed of 129.1MB/s. The performance of the small file transfer tests was
worse: the write speed of 25.5MB/s and the read speed of 37.6MB/s only gave it
an average speed of just 31.5MB/s.
However, although it’s slower, this can be
partially compensated by the low price of the disc. It is one of the cheapest
2TB discs you can buy, with the price per gigabyte just a bit more than 5
cents. Slow access speeds mean that it will be best suited to serve as a storage
drive, probably with a fast SSD system disc.
Although with a one-year warranty, it does
not bring you at ease as what you may get from the more expensive hard discs,
the Barracuda 2TB only lost the award to Western Digital’s excellent Caviar
Green 2TB.
Seagate Barracuda 2TB
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Price: $115
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Website: www.ebuyer.com
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Ranking: 4/5
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Capacity: 1TB
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Interface: SATA3
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Spinning speed: 7,200rpm
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Cache: 64MB
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Search time: 8.5ms
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Noise when idle: 26dB(A)
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Warranty: one-year RTB
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 1TB - An Economical Way to Equip A
System
Although it is designed for long-term
use, this SATA2 hard disc is terribly slow compared to other cheaper SATA3 hard
discs
Buying old SATA2 hard discs may be an
economical way to equip a system. However, age is not always a synonym with
cheapness, especially when dealing with discs such as Seagate Barracuda ES.2
1TB at enterprise level, which is designed to undergo years of continuous
access and has a five-year warranty to support its confirmed reliability.
Seagate
Barracuda ES.2 1TB
Its performance in our tests was better
than that of most SATA2 discs. Its small file write speed is 49.7MB/s while its
read speed is slightly slower than that of other discs, at 49.6MB/s. However,
it has done a pretty bad job in the large file transfer test, only got an
average of 95.1MB/s, with the write speed of 88.2MB/s and read speed of
101.9MB/s.
With one of the slowest quoted search time
that we have recently seen – 9.5ms vs. the typical 8.5ms from most of the other
discs - these slow speeds would not be any surprising.
We like a five-year warranty, but the
ES.2’s price at 16 cents/gigabyte is very expensive by any standard. Combine
this with the slow performance gained in the tests, we cannot recommend this
disc, regardless of how reliable it is designed to be. If you are looking for a
cheap 1TB disc and do not mind a shorter warranty period, then the Samsung
Spinpoint F3 is a much better product to choose.
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 1TB
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Price: $160
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Website: www.scan.com
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Ranking: 2/5
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Capacity: 1TB
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Interface: SATA2
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Spinning speed: 7,200rpm
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Cache: 32MB
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Search time: 9.5ms
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Noise when idle: 27dB(A)
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Warranty: five-year RTB
