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Whats The Difference Between 7200.10 & 7200.12 Hdds?


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Its just their naming scheme, 10-11-12.

The baracuda .10 had the record for 250GB on a single platter I believe.

 

The .12 has the record highest area density, something like 350 gigabits per inch or something...

(500 GB single platter drives/ 1TB dual platter)

 

High Density speed demons essentially...

Edited by Andrewr05

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.12 represents the twelfth generation of the Barracuda drives. These were just announced this week and, as Andrew05 said, represent the highest areal density of any drives currently on the market. That means Seagate can squeeze 500GB onto a single 3.5" platter. This allows them to produce a 1TB with only two discs, versus three discs in the 7200.11 1TB versions. That also boosts the sustained data transfer rate to 160MB/s on the latest generation as opposed to 115MB/s on the 7200.11 models.

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.10 is 250gb a platter, .11 is 320gb and .12 i think is 500gb per plattter. basically the larger the hard drive the more platters but the fact comes in when you have a .10 750gb its 4 platters, and a .11 would be 3 platters. this in turn means faster reads and writes. so the main point is new=better=faster.

 

.10=80mb read

.11=110mb read

.12=120+?

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.10 is 250gb a platter, .11 is 320gb and .12 i think is 500gb per plattter. basically the larger the hard drive the more platters but the fact comes in when you have a .10 750gb its 4 platters, and a .11 would be 3 platters. this in turn means faster reads and writes. so the main point is new=better=faster.

 

.10=80mb read

.11=110mb read

.12=120+?

Read my post above yours. 7200.12 has a sustained throughput of 160MB/s

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Well, there is, because the access times for the .10/.11/.12 are pretty similar. Raptors still dominate the market in terms of access latency (in terms of conventional hard drives).

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