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Mick35656   02-03-2012 at 09:31:31 PM

Seagate 250 GB HDD Internal Hard Drive (ST250DM000)


vs


Seagate 250 GB HDD (ST3250318AS)


Which one is better in terms of performance?

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WR2   02-03-2012 at 09:38:16 PM

ST250DM000 would be my 1st choice.
16MB cache and SATA III
vs 8MB cache and SATA II for the ST3250318AS

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davcon   02-03-2012 at 09:38:41 PM

The (ST250DM000) is a newer model with a 16mb cache and SATA 6.0Gb/s .
Hope you're not paying $80 for that.
You can get 500GB units for $80.
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=6 [...] omoid=1012


Message edited by davcon on 02-03-2012 at 09:42:05 PM
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WR2   02-03-2012 at 09:39:54 PM

Actual performance? Probably close enough to identical that only a HDD / storage benchmark test could tell the difference.

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Gordon Freeman   02-03-2012 at 09:42:51 PM

Q Whats the better HDD ?

A The cheaper one

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Haserath   02-03-2012 at 10:18:12 PM

Definitely the ST250DM000. It's a newer model than the other one.

ST250DM000 has one disk and read/write head(specifications):
http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/da [...] 1111us.pdf

ST3250318AS has two disks and three read/write heads(specifications):
http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/da [...] 200_10.pdf

More disks and read/write heads are worse. That means density is lower thus it's slower, uses more power per GB, it's less reliable, and it's heavier.

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