SEAGATE Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB SATA II 7200 RPM 16MB Buffer Hard Drive Bulk

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 SATA 3Gb/s 500GB Hard Drive

Combining proven components, state-of-the-art technology and industry-leading manufacturing expertise, the Seagate® Barracuda® 7200.12 drive—the 12th generation of this award-winning desktop hard drive family—delivers 500GB of high-performing, eco-friendly digital storage.

Advantages of Perpendicular Recording

After years of pioneering research at Seagate, perpendicular recording is now a proven technology. It increases capacity and dependability by storing data vertically, rather than horizontally. And vertically stored data bits mean increased data density—which means higher performance to increase productivity.

The Eco-Friendly Choice

The Barracuda 7200.12 drive delivers excellent power savings without sacrificing drive or system performance, giving customers the ability to manufacture eco-friendly PC systems and external storage systems that meet energy savings requirements. Seagate hard drives have long been produced with the environment in mind, and not just with low power consumption. With Seagate and the Barracuda 7200.12 drive, our customers can have the best of both worlds—top hard-drive performance and the satisfaction of knowing they are using a high-capacity drive with a very small eco-footprint.

Key Advantages

• Sustainable technology for a green world:
o Typically 70 percent or more of the materials used to build the drive is recycled
o Complies with the RoHS directive
o Complies with several non-regulatory restrictions
• 12th generation of the world’s most popular desktop hard drive
• Reliable, proven perpendicular magnetic recording technology
• 500-GB capacity
• Delivers high performance:
o 160-MB/s maximum sustained data rate
o Up to 3-Gb/s instantaneous burst
o 16-MB cache

Best-Fit Applications

• Workstations
• Desktop RAID
• Gaming PCs
• High-end PCs
• Mainstream PCs
• USB/FireWire/eSATA personal external storage