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Barracuda 7200.12 --More reliable than the 7200.11s?

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Post subject: Barracuda 7200.12 --More reliable than the 7200.11s?

Posted: February 13th, 2010, 12:57

Joined: May 14th, 2006, 0:06
Posts: 56
Location: USA (Springfield, Co. Windsor, Vermont)

I decided to get a Barracuda 500 GB at Best Buy and did feel better to see a 7200.12 after I opened the box.

The date code is : 10254. The firmware is: CC38.

It looks like a real fast HDD. The random seeks are faster than my Caviar WD3200AAKS, when I did "cx" with MHDD.

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Post subject: Re: Barracuda 7200.12 --More reliable than the 7200.11s?

Posted: February 13th, 2010, 21:03

Joined: March 13th, 2005, 12:33
Posts: 872
Location: Dublin

"reliable" is a word that should no longer be associated with Seagate.

(or any other manufacturer for that matter!)

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Post subject: Re: Barracuda 7200.12 --More reliable than the 7200.11s?

Posted: February 13th, 2010, 22:11

Joined: May 14th, 2006, 0:06
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Location: USA (Springfield, Co. Windsor, Vermont)

Looks like it will be good, as long as it don't brick on me! (the firmware overwriting part of itself, from a boundary address bug, IIRC)

The scan looks good with mostly <3 ms sectors.

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