Seagate 9W2874500 External 200GB Hard Drive

(USB 2.0/FireWire, 7,200 RPM, 8MB - MPN: 9W2874500)

Description: USB 2.0 and Firewire / 7200-RPM hard drive with ultraquiet motor, 200GB External Hard Drive with easy pushbutton backup solution. For serious work, or serious fun, this is the ultimate drive for your Digital world. This beautifully compact .... Read More

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Date Reviewed: 09/01/2004
tonytang from IL Member Since: Aug 2004 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 3 Days	Using HDTach, I achieved these performance results ... Strengths: Relatively fast throughput for a firewire drive Weaknesses: Not as quiet as expected from a Seagate Barracuda hard drive (possibly a noisy fan in the enclosure?), cooling should have been passive thermal radiated to eliminate extra noise. Bulky enclosure. Summary: Using HDTach, I achieved these performance results from this hard drive on my Pentium 2.8 GHz system... Random Access: 15.4ms CPU utilization: 4% (+/-2%) Average read: 36.6 MB/s Burst Speed: 40.0 MB/s Compare these numbers to an internal Seagate Barracuda 120 GB Ultra ATA drive (ST3120026A)... Random access: 15.1 ms CPU Utilization: 5% (+/-2%) Average read: 47.1 MB/s Burst speed: 82.1 MB/s Note that the theoretical maximum burst of a firewire 400 bus is 50 MB/s, so this drive comes pretty close to fully utilizing the theoretical bandwidth. This drive is definitely fast enough for DV video editing, music recording, and of course file backup. If you are expecting a whisper-quiet drive, this drive might disappoint you. The clicking of the heads as they access data on the disk is louder than a similar internal Seagate Barracuda drive that I used in a fan-less external hard drive enclosure. It's possible that I got a noisy drive. Good luck! 94% of People (29/31) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 12/30/2005
tipsyjloopy from CA Member Since: Dec 2005 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 14 Days	Seagate External 200 GB HD (USB 2.0/Firewire, 7200 rpm) Strengths: very fast tranfer rate via usb 2.0 (what i've tested so far); quiet; power button (convenient) Weaknesses: not completely portable (has a power cord that needs to be plugged in but this is understandable for hard drives that have a greater capacity) Summary: I would recommend this product because I've used it to back up my PC's files, store music, videos, and photos, and it has not failed me yet. Though I've had it only for about 2 weeks, it has not malfunctioned. It is very quiet and is aesthetically pleasing. I would buy it again if I needed more storage. 75% of People (3/4) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 06/07/2005
razakanjee Member Since: Jul 2004 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 5 Days	I bought 5 of these hard drives and stacked them t ... Strengths: Very Fast Weaknesses: NA Summary: I bought 5 of these hard drives and stacked them to make a back up of my server. They are fast and reliable and make excellent backup. 67% of People (4/6) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.