I have reviewed Seagate – Barracuda XT ST32000641AS – Hard drive – 2 TB – internal to help you make a smart decision
I’m not technically savvy so I had to turn to my nephew to install this drive. After he purchased some cords that were needed to install it, downloaded the instructions, and hooked it up – I did notice that many of the kids computer games, movie downloads and other stuff was working faster. I will never have to worry about storage again as they is so much free space it will take a miracle to use it all. Even though this piece is a little pricey you definitely get the speed and storage that you need to back everything up and run whatever a regular family would need for computer usage. I have to admit this is probably more for the `computer geek’ than me but I love to have all the newest gadgets.[yahooquestion]Seagate+-+Barracuda+XT+ST32000641AS+-+Hard+drive+-+2+TB+-+internal[/yahooquestion]
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) interface in actual practice refers to ATA or AT Attachment. Any drive with a built-in controller is also called an IDE. Many IDE Hard Drives are plugged into a bus connector on the motherboard. These drives are easy to install and require the smallest number of cables because the controller is on the drive itself. No doubt ATA refers to its drive, but IDE on the other hand refers to the type of interface connector i.e. 40 pin in this case. ATA Packet interface or ATAPI is an extension of IDE which permit various devices like CD ROMs to work by using the IDE norms. Through this packet interface such devices are connected directly to an IDE port, but a device driver is needed to make full use of the device, meanwhile a hard drive is originally supported by IDE without the assistance of any drivers.
IDE Hard Drives can be found with most compatible computers, each computer is equipped with a maximum of four IDE devices. If you intend to buy IDE/ATAPI/ATA Seagate - Barracuda XT ST32000641AS - Hard drive - 2 TB - internal hard disk drive ensures there is available space for the drive to be connected. IDE hard drives are being used during the early Compaq 386 systems by way of WD controllers. During 1980s the ATA IDE was made as an ANSI standard, so a common design was created, but various areas were left open for different manufacturers for their own commands. Later two drives in the same system were considered as a hard nut to crack.
Because each drive has its own controller and both drives usually operate over the same bus. With the introduction of ATA, two drives were able to operate in a chain, thus, primary drive became the master and the secondary drive became the slave. IDE hard drives can be differentiated by a master or a slave with a jumper on the drive itself. While purchasing a second IDE Hard Drive you should stick with the same manufacturer to avoid unavoidable problems because of the compatibility issues involved. For example if you use Maxtor hard drive, choose a second hard drive from the same manufacturer. Sometimes, it could happen if you choose a different manufacturer’s IDE hard drive; it will not work on the same cable but will require a separate cables.
Apart from its interface, it is important to look for the transfer rate of the IDE hard drive. Long transfer rates means slower speeds of your computer while transferring larger files. While buying the IDE hard drive look for specifications like Rotations per Minute (RPM) i.e. 5,400 or 7,200 RPM. 7,200 RPM is ideal today.
Because of its older interface IDE hard drives generally carry a higher price tag like that of Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 1TB, this drive supports incredible space on a IDE interface. There are various manufacturers involved in making IDE Hard Drives like to name a few, Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital, Toshiba and Iogear, they come in varying sizes ranging from 250GB to a whopping 2TB.
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The frustration-free packing was very nice and simple to open. Its nice not to fight with a package! I was a little concerned that the drive was not in a static case, with-in the frustration-free casing however all did turn out fine.
First off, you will need a SATA data cable to use this product. Some power supply’s have it, others don’t so keep that in mind in case you need a cable when you purchase this. All of our computers recognized the device fast. We have an HP, two Dells, a lenovo laptop and a personally made computer which I used to really test the drive’s speed and capacity out. The drive is very quiet, no noise or clicking coming from it. Besides installing easily, your able able to create a partition through the disk manager interface and do a quick format as well. Our systems mainly have windows 7, however some have vista and there were no issues.
I plan to use this as an external hard drive once I purchase a eSATA USB Docking Station. (they run about $30) It will make it easy to move from computer to computer and backup what I need. With the massive 2TB drive capacity, you won’t run out of room! It has 7200RPM, 64 MB cache, and 6gb/s interface; which in turn makes for a great performance of power and quality.
Pros: 1. Very quiet – absolutely no noise even when I was doing continous reads/writes running performance tests (iometer). The older Seagate Barracuda 750gb Sata II drive I have (Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750 GB 7200RPM SATA 3 GB/s 32 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive ST3750528AS-Bare Drive (Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging) does make some sound while doing some reads/writes, but this drive – nothing at all.
2. Very fast. Even when connected through the eSata interface (downgraded to Sata 2 – 3gb/s level), it still outperformed the internal Seagate Barracuda 750Gb drive I have – by about 10% (both in throughput and in access times).
3. Size: obviously, enough for almost all purposes – as a great backup drive, as a store for videos/music at home.
Cons: None serious so far; but I did notice that it gets slightly warm when I ran a continuous sequential read/write test for about 10 minutes (that’s not the normal usage anyway and so it should be fine).
My system setup: eSata interface (Sata 2); I will be testing with Sata 3 this week and update the review again. Performance tests ran include IOMeter (8 threads on a quad core cpu, 10 and 20Mb sequential read/writes).
Package:
Usual clear plastic & resealable which comes in handy for storage of other drives.
Compatibility:
Used this in external eSATA HD dock. It supports the new serial ATA3 6 gig interface for added speed for those with the most up to date computer as of the day of this review. Mine isn’t as fast, so using SATA2 3 gig hardware.
Operation:
The HD powered up fine, I formatted from Win Vista 64 setup as one large partition & so far in the past two weeks it’s been running well & consistent even with a lage amount of files. It runs also very quietly, which is surprising considering it’s immense speed & capacity. The drive is in reasonable temperature range with use.
Speed:
So far this is working well, the speed is great. I can write a 4.15 gig file in under 40 SECONDS.
Conclusion:
I recommend this drive, the performance is great, with fast speed, great reliability & quiet operation.
Will definitely update this review if there are any issues.
I’m not technically savvy so I had to turn to my nephew to install this drive. After he purchased some cords that were needed to install it, downloaded the instructions, and hooked it up – I did notice that many of the kids computer games, movie downloads and other stuff was working faster. I will never have to worry about storage again as they is so much free space it will take a miracle to use it all. Even though this piece is a little pricey you definitely get the speed and storage that you need to back everything up and run whatever a regular family would need for computer usage. I have to admit this is probably more for the `computer geek’ than me but I love to have all the newest gadgets.
I installed this drive in a desktop system with a Intel Core i7 Processor 2.80 GHz 8 MB LGA1156 CPU I7-860BOX, 8GB of Patriot PVT36G1600ELK Extreme Performance Viper Series PC3-12800 DDR3 1600 6GB 3 x 2GB Intel XMP Ready CL 9 Non ECC Triple Channel Kit (Blue), and Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. This drive replaced a Western Digital 1 TB Caviar Green SATA Intellipower 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD10EARS. I really like the Western Digital Green drives, although they’re a bit slower than the Black edition drives. For the past few years I’ve been fairly committed to Western Digital. At one time, Seagate drives were market leaders, both in capacity, cost, speed, and noise. Seagate seemed to lose that edge in the consumer markets in 2007. So I was anxious to see if this drive would redeem Seagate, at least from my subjective perspective. Overall, the results were positive. The drive replacement and OS installation ran smooth and Windows 7 boot times were faster than the Western Digital Green drive. I’ve been using the drive for two months have not encountered any performance or reliability issues. If I do, I’ll report back here.
Here are the boot stats for the above configuration. This time interval is between bios post and average time to Win7 login prompt:
Western Digital 1 TB Caviar Green SATA – 38 seconds
Seagate Barracuda XT 2 T – 30 seconds
The bios also posted 1-2 seconds faster with the Seagate Barracuda. The Seagate Barracuda XT 2 also produces very minimal noise, and less than the Western Digital Green drives. I didn’t measure the temperature of the drive, but it was always cool to the touch, and noticeably cooler than the Western Digital drive. In summary, this is a solid performing drive. For the price, it’s a lot more expensive than two fast 1TB drives, but if you need a single 2TB drive, this is a great option.