digitalversus.com Updated: 2017-03-01 09:08:53
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This drive is available in three versions, 1 TB (ST31000520AS), 1.5 TB (ST31500542AS) and 2 TB (ST32000541AS). Apart from the variations in capacity, the three models are identical and share the same rotation speed (5900 rpm), the same cache (32 MB) an...
Excellent performance (for the budget drive category), Allround performance, Good storage capacity / cost ratio, Low noise levels...
No real gain in access times in spite of the 5900 rpm rotation speed, Performance a good bit down on the best hard drives (but this was expected)...
An excellent budget drive with big storage capacity An ideal companion for NAS', film enthusiasts and budget computers...
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The Barracuda LP is the first internal hard disk from Seagate that we've seen that is supposed to be more eco-friendly than other disks. It has a rather unusual spindle speed of 5,900rpm, instead of the more common 5,400rpm or 7,200rpm speed. This spin...
The Barracuda LP's high price and disappointing performance means we can't recommend it...
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Product Code: ST32000542AS The Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB is a low-power, two terabyte hard drive, meant to conserve power. The Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB spins at a possibly unique speed of 5900 rotations per minute, as against prevailing speeds of spi...
Those who want to say “I have a multi-Terabyte hard disk” would be quite pleased with the Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB drive. A single HDD with such high densities is also useful for those building themselves a HTPC/NAS box. It sips less power tha...
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Western Digital’s Caviar Green arrived earlier this year, the first drive to hit the coveted 2 TB capacity point. The unit was recently re-validated and is now available under the RAID Edition brand (RE4) for business applications. Samsung sent us its...
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The Barracuda LP (ST32000542AS) is the first internal hard drive from Seagate to store two terabytes of data; 2TB is currently the maximum capacity of a single 3.5in SATA 2 drive. The Seagate Barracuda LP also manages to cut down on energy consumption compared to conventional 7200rpm hard drives while retaining reasonable performance. The Barracuda LP 2TB internal hard drive features four platters of 500GB each and has 32MB of cache. The drive spins at 5900rpm, an unconventional figure that sit...
Fast, consumes less energy than most conventional internal hard drives...
Not as energy efficient as the Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB...
Seagate’s largest capacity internal hard drive has decent transfer speeds and good power efficiency. Though WD’s Caviar Green is more energy efficient, Seagate’s Barracuda LP is a great option for speed-critical tasks...
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xbitlabs.com Updated: 2017-03-01 09:08:51
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Last year we tested 500GB hard disk drives which can be an optimal choice for users who don’t need a lot of disk storage. Today, we want to take a look at products which are twice as large. They are generally as fast as their higher-capacity counterpar...
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The 2TB Seagate Barracuda LP (ST32000542AS) brings us to the end of our review series covering the latest high-capacity/low-power drives--a series that has also featured looks at the latest Western Digital Caviar Green and Samsung Spinpoint offerings...
If drive decisions could be made solely on a handful of synthetic benchmarks, the Seagate Barracuda LP would be the undisputed champion in the high-capacity/low-power desktop drive group. A more nuanced view might take into account the fact that the L...
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Behardware.com Updated: 2017-03-01 09:08:53
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After publishing our report on 2 TB drives, we’re throwing ourselves back into the breach with a selection of 1 TB drives! More common, these drives have...
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Above is a chart we put together that represents an (unweighted) geometric mean of the overall performance of each drive, based on all the tests we performed. Use this chart as a rough guide only, as we used an admittedly simplistic methodology to create these comparison numbers: All the test scores were calculated with equal weighting; we factored...
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The Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB spins at a possibly unique speed of 5900 rotations per minute, as against prevailing speeds of spinning at 5400 and 7200 RPM, and has a 32MB buffer.It is a cousin of the mainstream Barracuda 7200.12 series of drives, and t...
Those who want to say “I have a multi-Terabyte hard disk” would be quite pleased with the Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB drive. A single HDD with such high densities is also useful for those building themselves a HTPC/NAS box. It sips less power than normal...
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ManufacturerSeagateModelBarracuda LP 2TBPrice (Street)AvailabilityNowNearly two years ago, Western Digital launched its first "GreenPower" hard drive. Then known as the Caviar GP, this new approach to desktop storage attenuated the pursuit of raw perfo...
On paper, the Barracuda LP is a good match for the Caviar Green. Both drives sport four 500GB platters, 32MB caches, sub-7,200-RPM spindle speeds, three-year warranties, and price tags hovering around $200. The two drives even offer comparable performa...
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The 2TB Barracuda LP also has faster read speeds than its main competitor, the 2TB Caviar Green, but can't meet its lofty noise, vibration, and energy usage levels. However, its lower price could be compelling. At $175 it comes close to 1TB drives in terms of cost per byte...
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maximumpc.com Updated: 2017-03-01 09:08:54
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Barracudas eat Caviar for breakfast Update Oct 07, 2009: Fixed benchmark chart We haven’t seen a new two-terabyte drive on the market in a while—not since we reviewed the Western Digital Caviar Green in May, in fact—but Seagate has finally added a 2TB...
Among the fastest reads and writes of any highcapacity drive; low power consumption.
You can get two 1TB Barracuda 7200.12s for less than the price of one of theseand they'll be faster.
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The new 7,200 rpm 2 TB drives from Western Digital, RE4 and Caviar Black, achieved the same performance level. They are a lot faster than the...
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The recent Two Terabyte HDD releases are fast and furious. We tested three samples in this article. There are more to come but this is a start. EXPLANATION of GRAPHSHit2TB = Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 (HDS722020ALA330) Idle: 7.5 watts, Startu...
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cluboc.net Updated: 2017-03-01 09:08:54
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Save the planet, buy a hard drive? Recently, Seagate sent out a press release about their new environmental friendly "low power" hard drives. These new "LP" hard drives are suppose to reduce the power cost over the life of the system by as much as 5...
First of all, is the "green" technology, slower RPM, and less power consumption hurting performance? Yes, but only slightly when compared to the faster Barracuda 7200.12. However, the LP drives perform much faster in RAID 0 on the ASUS P6T Deluxe. The...
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Computer components are becoming more targeted at specific needs than they have been in the past. Were seeing "Green" components that dont contain as many heavy metals that damage the environment as past products, as well as parts that sip at voltag...
Good Performance, Low Power...
Not Designed For Blazing Speed...
Weve seen the Barracuda LP 2TB perform at levels that rival our charted 7200 RPM drives and for a drive that just sips at power it has exceeded our expectations for a Green Drive. Most Green Drives operate at 5200 RPM and the 5900 RPM on the Barracud...
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One of only two manufacturers to release a 2TB hard drive, Seagates Barracuda LP claims the fastest spindle speed in its class with a 5900RPM...
If you want to give a power user the heebie jeebies, start talking about low-power components. For enthusiasts, low-power, or Green, are just alternate terms for low-performance. And in most cases, thats true. This isnt one of them.Seagates Barrac...
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