Seagate Desktop HDD 120GB HDD 3.5" Ultra-ATA/100

  • Brand : Seagate
  • Product family : Desktop HDD
  • Product name : 120GB HDD
  • Product code : ST3120022A
  • Category : Internal Hard Drives
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  • Long product name Seagate Desktop HDD 120GB HDD 3.5" Ultra-ATA/100 :

    120GB HDD, 7200rpm, 2MB, 635g

  • Seagate Desktop HDD 120GB HDD 3.5" Ultra-ATA/100 :

    The Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 IDE drive delivers the best combination of performance, acoustics and robustness. This drive features a 120GB capacity, 7200RPM spindle speed, a 8.5 ms average seek time, a 2MB cache and a 1 year manufacturer warranty.

    - Best combination of performance, acoustics and robustness.
    - Best-in-class non-operating shock for excellent reliability.
    - Idle acoustics of 2.5 bels- the industry's best.

  • Short summary description Seagate Desktop HDD 120GB HDD 3.5" Ultra-ATA/100 :

    Seagate Desktop HDD 120GB HDD, 3.5", 120 GB, 7200 RPM

  • Long summary description Seagate Desktop HDD 120GB HDD 3.5" Ultra-ATA/100 :

    Seagate Desktop HDD 120GB HDD. HDD size: 3.5", HDD capacity: 120 GB, HDD speed: 7200 RPM

Specs
Features
HDD size 3.5"
HDD capacity 120 GB
HDD speed 7200 RPM
Interface Ultra-ATA/100
Type HDD
Storage drive buffer size 2 MB
HDD number of heads 3
Read seek time 8.5 ms
Write seek time 9.5 ms
Track to track seek time 1.2 ms
Average latency 4.16 ms
Start/stop cycles 50000
Mean time between failures (MTBF) 600000 h
Power
Power consumption (typical) 12.5 W
Power consumption (standby) 0.9 W
Power consumption (read) 12 W
Power consumption (write) 12 W
Power consumption (idle) 7.5 W

Power
Operating voltage 5 / 12 V
Start-up current 2.8 A
Operational conditions
Operating temperature (T-T) 0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T) -40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H) 5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H) 5 - 95%
Operating altitude -60.96 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitude -60.96 - 12192 m
Operating shock 63 G
Non-operating shock 350 G
Weight & dimensions
Width 101.6 mm
Height 26 mm
Depth 147 mm
Weight 635 g
Other features
Sustained data rate 58 MB/s
Drive ready time 10 s
Distributors
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Reviews
Updated:
2015-01-01 06:57:09
Average rating:84
Uk has collected 12 expert reviews for Seagate Desktop HDD 120GB HDD 3.5" Ultra-ATA/100 and the average expert rating is 84 of 100. The average score reflects the expert community’s view on this product. Click below and use Uk to see all ratings, product awards and conclusions.
custompc.co.uk
Updated:
2015-01-01 06:57:09
Average rating:67
The 7200.8 isnt exactly the champagne of hard disks, but neither is it a can of Rola Cola. The Far Cry level-loading time was decent, and the high sustained transfer rate means it should be good at handling movies and digital media, although NCQ seems...
  • The 7200.8 isnt exactly the champagne of hard disks, but neither is it a can of Rola Cola. The Far Cry level-loading time was decent, and the high sustained transfer rate means it should be good at handling movies and digital media, although NCQ seems...
atomicmpc.com.au
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2015-01-01 06:57:09
Average rating:85
We may well never know the true meaning behind why hard drive manufacturers have chosen to go with naming their drives after fish and their slimy spawn. That said, a Barracuda is probably a good call for this beast, considering its ability to eat almo...
  • If you dig wads of data, this is for you...
tweaktown.com
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2015-01-01 06:57:09
Average rating:95
Seagate has been in the hard disk drive business for a long time and they know how to make a solid hard drive for any particular market. So much so that they claim they are the world’s largest manufacturer of disc drives.Recently the company launche...
  • As far as noise levels go, the 7200.8 is a good deal quieter than the older generation. Idle levels are pretty much identical but when the drive is under heavy access it is much quieter than the older version. The older version made an audible “chug...
sharkyextreme.com
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2015-01-01 06:57:09
Average rating:90
The desktop market for hard drives used to be one of choosing between either high-end performance or top-level data capacity. The 10K RPM Western Digital Raptors literally ruled the desktop performance world, but their 36GB and 74GB capacities left so...
  • Serious 400GB Capacity, UltraQuiet Operation, Surprising Highend Performance...
  • Only 8MB Data Cache, Needs NCQcompatible System for Top Performance...
  • Seagate hard drives never fail to impress us, but although Barracuda drives are competitive performers, the kudos are usually for their incredibly low drive noise and great dependability. This time out, Seagate is really hitting on all cylinders, as n...
techarp.com
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2015-01-01 06:57:09
Average rating:0
Seagate 400GB Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Hard DiskThe Seagate 400GB Barracuda 7200.8 not only comes with a remarkable 400GB of storage space, its also a fast hard disk. Even though its platters spin at the same speed (7200 RPM) as those of the Barrac...
bigbruin.com
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2015-01-01 06:57:09
Average rating:0
The 200GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 SATA NCQ drives earn praise for several reasons. The results from the various tests show that this generation of drives provides a performance boost over the previous generation, whether the system is capable of imple...
viperlair.com
Updated:
2015-01-01 06:57:09
Average rating:0
Games, applications, and media files are using up more space than ever. We look at Seagates answer to that problem.
  • Those of you looking for an obscene amount of storage with good hard drive performance will want to keep an eye out for the Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 400GB. While we didnt test the lesser capacity versions of the drive, we suspect performance should b...
Bjorn3d.com
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2015-01-01 06:57:09
Average rating:90
When its time to shop for hard drives, one of the several names that comes to mind right away is Seagate. And when it comes time to recommending a disc drive, warranty is always one of the top concerns. Seagate has the longest warranty around right n...
  • Good performance, Big time storage!, Affordable at $0.75/GB, 5-year warranty, Relatively quiet...
  • Would be nice to see 16MB cache versions...
  • Overall, I was quite pleased by the 7200.8s performance. The RAID performance came in right around where I expected it to. Since I didnt have competing drives to test in RAID, I paid particular attention to the single drive performance. For the most...
anandtech.com
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2015-01-01 06:57:09
Average rating:0
Introduction Though the technology seems fairly new to many of us end users, command queuing has been around for years. The idea of reordering the list of requests given to the hard disk drive was first introduced in the SCSI-2 standard and implemented...
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