Seagate Baracuda 7200.8 300GB 7.2K SATA Hard Drive ST3300831AS

Seagate Baracuda 7200.8 300GB 7.2K SATA Hard Drive ST3300831AS - Factory Recertified

Capacity: 300GB
Spindle Speed: 7,200RPM
Interface Type: SATA
Disk Size: 3.5"x1.0" (Low Profile Hard Drive)
Sustained Throughput (MBps): 65
Average Seek Time (read/write ms): 8 / 9
Electrical Interface Speed: SATA 150 - 1.50Gbps
On-Board Cache: 8MB

Barracuda 7200.8 hard drives from Seagate provide a wide range of capacities, fast performance and superb reliability, all at an excellent value. They are top storage choices for any ATA-based applications, including mainstream and high-performance PCs, low-cost servers and RAIDs, PC gaming systems and media PCs. Seagate Barracuda 7200 hard drives also feature the latest in SATA interface innovations and are backed up by the Seagate five-year warranty.

• 7200 RPM with varying cache sizes matches storage performance to system needs
• 40GB up to 750GB to meet the needs of all PC and cost-sensitive server needs
• Cache sizes from 2 to 16 Mbytes for maximum performance
• Serial ATA (SATA) with native command queuing (NCQ) for enhanced performance and easy system integration
• Whisper-quiet acoustics
• Industry-leading five-year warranty

Compatibility

This drive is compatible with any of our SATA drive trays and all of our SATA controllers.

Drive specification	ST3300831AS
Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)*	300
Spindle speed (RPM)	7200
ATA data-transfer modes supported	1.5 Gbits/sec
Cache buffer	8 Mbytes
Height (max)	101.85 mm (4.010 inches)
Length (max)	635 / 1.39
Average latency (msec)	10 sec
Standby to ready (typical)	0.8 (read), 1.0 (write)
Average seek, read (msec typical)	9.0
Startup current (typical) 12V (peak)	9.9
Operating power (typical) watts	7.2
Standby mode (typical) watts	1.2
Voltage tolerance (including noise)	0° to 60°C (op.) –40° to 70°C (nonop.)