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Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB Sata

74

Good
  • Pros
  • Five-year warranty
  • Cons
  • Average performance
  • Pricing: Inexpensive: $156 (11/16/2007)
  • Performance: Good: 73
  • Features: Good: 77
  • Design: Fair: 65
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Inexpensive: $156
Cost per Gigabyte - $0.31

Performance

Good: 73
PC World Tests (seconds)
Interface Tested SATA-300 
Primary Volume - Virus Scan 54.13 
Primary Volume - Windows File Search 166.95 
Internal Read - Ahead Nero Burning 453 
Internal Read - WinZip 344 
Internal Read - ACDSee 549 
Internal Write - Files and Folders 154.13 
Internal Write - Large File 142.58 

Features

Good: 77
Basics
Drive size (GB) 500GB 
Supported Interface(s) SATA-300 
Speed (RPM) 7200 
Buffer Size (MB) 8 
Support & Reliability
Labor Warranty (years) Five 
Parts Warranty (years) Five 
Weekday Support Hours 14 
Saturday Support Hours 8 
Sunday Support Hours 8 
Toll-Free Support Yes 

Design

Fair: 65
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