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alaTest.com
Summary: alaTest collected and analyzed 3345 reviews of Seagate USB 2.0 5GB Pocket Hard Drive from international magazines and websites and compared these to 85389 reviews for other Hard Drives. Experts rate this product 79/100 and users 84/100. The amount of rated reviews for this product is too low to calculate a reliable alaScore™.
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maximumpc.com
Editors' rating: 90
Summary: The 1TB 7200.12 has much in common with drives from the previous generation of Barracudas: It features 32MB of L2 cache, 7,200rpm rotational speeds, and SATA 3Gb/s data transfer with Native Command Queuing. The 7200.12, though, needs just two platters ...
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techgage.com
Editors' rating: 90
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newbie.org
Editors' rating: 100
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bjorn3d.com
Editors' rating: 90
Summary: All things aside, this hard drive is a great contender in the race for sizeable capacity, speed, quietness and longevity and we at Bjorn3D give it a 9 out of a possible 10 and the Gold Bear Award for excellence
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pocket-lint.com
CNET editors' buying advice
We have not reviewed this product but here is CNET's buying advice on Internal Hard Drives. This content was chosen based on the features included with this model of internal hard drive.
Serial ATA-300
SATA, or Serial ATA is the current popular choice of hard drive interface for desktop systems. SATA-300 is the current standard, and is capable of transferring 300 Megabytes per second. While SCSI drives are capable of faster transfer speeds, the drives, bus controller, and cables are much more expensive, relegating their use to servers and applications where transfer speed is an absolute must. Note that if you are shopping for an upgrade to a system that is a couple of years old, it may not support SATA-300, and not operate at it's full potential. If it is any older than that, it may not support the SATA standard at all, and you should check your system's specifications for details.
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CNET product brief
Description: This Seagate Momentus 7200.2 is a 200GB, standard hard disk drive.Compared to other standard hard drives on the market, it is relatively inexpensive at around $100.Its maximum internal data transfer rate of 59 MBps is very fast, compared to the typical hard drive.Its burst transfer rate (which is how fast the drive moves data already in its cache into your computer) is 300 MBps.This is a 7200 rpm drive and has a 16MB cache.
Pros: Has a 16MB buffer, which is somewhat larger than some similarly priced hard drives.By way of comparison, the typical cost of a product with this large a buffer is $200.Also, this hard drive has a 200GB capacity, which is larger than some similarly priced hard drives.In fact, the typical cost of a product with this large a capacity is $175.With a Serial ATA-300 controller interface, this drive sports one of the most advanced technologies for high-speed data transfer.
Cons: None noted, given available product data.
Suitability: Suitable for replacement or upgrade on many desktop PCs or workstations.
Value: Given its relatively inexpensive price, this hard drive has great features for the money.In fact, you would usually pay about 30% more to get a standard hard drive with a comparable data transfer rate.
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