Seagate Launches Quiet Single Platter 7200.11 320GB Desktop Drive !!!

[Pudi]

Model # ST3320613AS

If it has a higher sustained data rate compared to the 500GB 7200.11, than bye bye F1 :D

Specs

http://teamlosi.andrevas.net/pics/320.JPG

http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/datasheet/disc/ds_barracuda_7200_11.pdf

[deathman20]

Niice.

[MavT]

Very cool, If its as quiet as the F1 and the WD then I might go with this one.

[LuckyNV]

any 640GB version?

[XS Janus]

Well WD is 25db in idle, http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=299&language=en
and here is a calculator to convert the units http://www.asknumbers.com/SoundConversion.aspx

It shows the drives are virtually the same. Bels vs decibels are an easy coversion :D unlike sons to dbA
We'll se when spcr users post some subjective/objective observations.

[lithpiperpilot]

Some nice decent gains here. HDD's need a standard speed increase now. make everything 10k and we'll be good.

[STaRGaZeR]

If only the F1s were available here now, unknown ETA :(

[AliG]

Man I just wish you could actually buy the f1 in the states, life hear has declined so much since we went to war

[breakfromyou]

http://search.zipzoomfly.com/?SH=QT1mMX5CPWYxfkQ9MTJ_ST1QcmljZX5LPTR_TD0xfk09NH 4&SI=ed88611a-8240-4a21-a25f-15167a193fa5&LAP=0&Action=2&AnswerID=1253

...you can buy them...

Ever shop at Micro Center? I might try to talk home office into getting us to carry the Samsung F1, if demand is high enough.

About the .11 320. WE WANT BENCHES

[adamsleath]

:lastweek:

[[XC] gomeler]

Still waiting to hear something final on the 7200.11 controller issues. Did they solve the issue of OSs not seeing the onboard cache?

[breakfromyou]

gomeler;2883762']Still waiting to hear something final on the 7200.11 controller issues. Did they solve the issue of OSs not seeing the onboard cache?

What has gotten into Seagate lately? They're making loud drives that aren't the fastest out there...

[Gogeta]

:bounce:

Bring forth the reviews!

[AliG]

http://search.zipzoomfly.com/?SH=QT1mMX5CPWYxfkQ9MTJ_ST1QcmljZX5LPTR_TD0xfk09NH 4&SI=ed88611a-8240-4a21-a25f-15167a193fa5&LAP=0&Action=2&AnswerID=1253

...you can buy them...

Ever shop at Micro Center? I might try to talk home office into getting us to carry the Samsung F1, if demand is high enough.

About the .11 320. WE WANT BENCHES

that's not the 320gb f1 I'm talking about though, and the 750gb f1 doesn't have all 334gb platters (nor the 500gb one)

[generics_user]

hmm i just got my 640GB F1

speed is great, a huuuge stepup from my 7200.10 (2 of them in raid 0 are slower...)

still need 3 more drives, 1 more 640GB in Raid 1 and 2 320gb for apps+OS in raid 0, i'm getting tire of dividing my data on 4 different external drives to back it up :mad:

but i really want 2 single platter 320 gb drives for my OS, WD is out because of the access times, but i'm still hoping to get a F1 (new one is much more quiet than my 7200.10s) or the 7200.11 in the next month :up: , my lappy wants a 320gb drive to ( 400€ for hard drives :eek: )

[Craftyman.]

Do want :)
I'm seriously excited for these things, gonna get 2 of them hopefully. :D

[RedBull78]

hmm i just got my 640GB F1

speed is great, a huuuge stepup from my 7200.10 (2 of them in raid 0 are slower...)

still need 3 more drives, 1 more 640GB in Raid 1 and 2 320gb for apps+OS in raid 0, i'm getting tire of dividing my data on 4 different external drives to back it up :mad:

but i really want 2 single platter 320 gb drives for my OS, WD is out because of the access times, but i'm still hoping to get a F1 (new one is much more quiet than my 7200.10s) or the 7200.11 in the next month :up: , my lappy wants a 320gb drive to ( 400€ for hard drives :eek: )

What do you mean by that "2 of them in raid 0 are slower"? Are you trying to say one 640GB F1's in raid 0 isnt looking good or one 640 F1 is faster then 2 320gb 72.00's in raid 0?

[kaskuli]

Bought a 500GB 7200.11 last week, briefly considered getting another for RAID... then these 320GB/Platter babies from WD and Seagate roll out...bah. Difficult for people who treat computer building as an art form to ignore. Less power, less noise and good performance alwayts make you stand up and take notice...even if you're not in the market:shakes:

[cirthix]

Sweet drive, wonder what pricing will be like. edit: 80 bucks on newegg, not bad.

[Biker]

Nice drive!

Very similar specs to the F1 + 2 year extra warranty = :)

[alfaunits]

The size (height) is impressive - I can't figure how that would fit into existing 3.5" format though, seems like the screws would be in limbo.
Now get some more capacity in there!

[CERO]

is there just 1 Seagate 320GB 7200.11 or there are 2 revisions (1 is using old platter(2 of them) or the other is just using 1 single platter( new rev)?

[Parad0x]

is there just 1 Seagate 320GB 7200.11 or there are 2 revisions (1 is using old platter(2 of them) or the other is just using 1 single platter( new rev)?

only one. it's the 1st time they implement 320GB on a single platter

[Brother Esau]

They have it at New Egg and this is the seciond time around my Raptors have died and regardless of the Rotation speed I am really thinking of getting some of the ES drives 2.1 or 2 of these suckers and selling the Raptors:(

[marius7]

Here are the benchmarks (http://publish.it168.com/2008/0328/20080328010907.shtml) or using google translate (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpublish.it168.com%2F2008% 2F0328%2F20080328010907.shtml&langpair=zh%7Cen&hl=de&ie=UTF-8)
Access time seems high, but the results are very good.

[Parad0x]

Daaammmmmmmmmmmn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95SYdjRVCR0) :eek: :slobber:

at those speeds it's faster than the single platter 320's from samsung and WD or i'm daydreaming?

[leomax]

Segate is fast as usual with high transfer rates,but high access times compared to WD,samsung..Those access times (in the review above) are very much higher than single platter 7200.10..

[Gogeta]

Access times. :sick:

Short-stroking will help and the price is right. If the HD322HJ doesn't arrive soon I'll jump on 2 of these for a server build.

[roadie]

These are the only single platter 320Gb drives available in the UK at the moment. The Samsung and the WD seem to be AWOL.

[MACMAC]

Those transfer rates are equivalent to a VelociRaptor, that's damn impressive.

Reliability seems to be a huge concern though...hopefully Seagate can rectify that issue quickly.

[003]

How do they compare to dual ES.2 250GB drives in RAID 0 (also assuming two in RAID 0)?

[Brother Esau]

I have the Seagate ES.2 250gb in Raid 0 and damn they are fast!

[003]

Yeah, so do I. I really like them! Another plus is that they have a significantly higher MTBF than the 7200.xx series, decreasing the risk of failure in a RAID array.

[Brother Esau]

Yeah, so do I. I really like them! Another plus is that they have a significantly higher MTBF than the 7200.xx series, decreasing the risk of failure in a RAID array.


Exactly:)

[roadie]

I've got one of these drives as a game drive. I think the best thing about it is that it is low profile. Performance seems ok.

[Gogeta]

I have the Seagate ES.2 250gb in Raid 0 and damn they are fast!

I'm rocking these drives in RAID-1 on my linux server.....all I have to say is beautimous.

[xlink]

Daaammmmmmmmmmmn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95SYdjRVCR0) :eek: :slobber:

at those speeds it's faster than the single platter 320's from samsung and WD or i'm daydreaming?

50% more latency...

no thanks

[MACMAC]

50% more latency...

no thanks

This 320GB drive, just like WD's 3200AAKS, is optimized for noise over performance, hence the ridiculous access time.

You can expect the 640GB+ models to be 6.5-7ms faster.

[xlink]

This 320GB drive, just like WD's 3200AAKS, is optimized for noise over performance, hence the ridiculous access time.

You can expect the 640GB+ models to be 6.5-7ms faster.

you mean like this?
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/6770/hdtune4gd8.png

[bluehaze]

Bet this will be real nice on Intel ACH9/10 Matrix raid!

[grimpy]

Why is the random access time high on these drives and will it make much difference?