Product Description

The Seagate ST3500641AS 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive has the advanced features and blazing performance you need, for better storage and memory performance. It's exceptionally easy to use and gives you better storage for your film, video and audio files - and even the latest memory-intensive games. DiscWizard software simplifies installation SATA connection Includes cable, disc utility CD, quick-installation guide and mounting screws Operating Systems - Windows 98SE, NT, Me, 2000 and XP

Product Details

• Brand: Seagate
• Model: ST3500641AS-RK
• Dimensions: 10.00" h x 4.00" w x 9.00" l, 4.00 pounds
• Memory: 16MB
• Hard Disk: 500GB

Features

• 500 GB SATA NCQ internal hard drive features SATA with 3 Gbps and Native Command Queuing
• 16 MB cache buffer; 7200 RPM for fast read/write times
• Whisper-quiet with a 2.5 bels idle and 2.8 bels seek acoustics
• Includes internal drive, interface cable, serial ATA power cable, DiscWizard installation software, SeaTools diagnostic software, quick install guide, and mounting screws
• 5-year limited warranty

From the manufacturer
The Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 with SATA 3Gb/s and Native Command Queuing(NCQ)adheres to the SATA 2.5 rev. specification and is the industry's most comprehensive family of 3.5-inch drives, providing leading technology targeted at SATA servers, mainstream and high-performance PCs/workstations, PC gaming systems and media PCs. Backed by an industry-leading unprecedented five-year warranty.

Features

• SATA 3Gb/s with NCQ: Higher through-put and supports Intel Hyper-Threading for increased performance of SATA servers and workstations supporting intensive applications. NCQ also increases reliability in heavy workloads significantly reducing the drive's mechanical wear.
• 16 MB Cache: Provides the highest performance with increased data bursting through the interface
• 2.8 bels idle, 3.2 bels seek acoustics: Super-quiet drive is almost inaudible. Difference between idle and seek can hardly be detected by human ear, making drive operation almost silent.
• 3-D Defense System: Industry's most comprehensive drive and data protection system
• 7,200 RPM: Higher performance and data through-put
• 63 Gs operating shock: Robust product for challenging applications
• 350 Gs non-operating shock: Top reliability and durability during shipment and integration
• RoHS Compliant: Meets or exceeds all current and proposed environmental standards and legislation

Customer Reviews

The warrantee, the warrantee, the warrantee
Seagate stands behind this product with a 5 year warrantee. I've tried all the brands over the years, both IDE, SATA and SCSI, and nobody makes failure proof disk drives. I've sent back drives to everyone. SCSI will last you much longer with better performance, but at a much higher price point. I have six of these in various machines and they're quite satisfactory. You will probably be looking at 1TB models after summer 2008, but there are some heat and noise issues some report with those units. These are satisfactory in that regard. SATA is an improvement in some respects, but not hugely different in performance from IDE on most machines.

Great Drive, Very, Very, Very Quiet
I just purchased this drive and I cannot understand the reports that this drive is noisy. I think the noise must come from the enclosure vibrating and not from the drive.

It is so quiet I had to check to be sure it was powered up. I had to listen very carefully to even hear this drive during head seeks.

The DisWizard software, which is included, makes disk management and cloning the system so simple.

For the price, you cannot find a better hard drive!

major let-down
I purchased this drive in September '08 and it crashed less than two months later. No warning signs--drive just failed. I was shocked because the Seagate name was highly recommended by a friend. Sure, the drive had an extra-long warranty and sure this could happen with any brand, but still a major pain in the ### dealing wih the aftermath. Fortunately I had all of my info backed up on an external HD. Less than two months out of this drive is ridiculous, after all, this is not a no-name company. Strangely enough, the drive that failed before this one was a Maxtor (which is also manfactured by Seagate). Seagate's customer service was not very helpful.