Compare Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus 80 GB SATA Hard Drive to Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160 GB SATA Hard Drive

Superior performance and high capacity make the Barracuda ATA products a perfect solution for users looking for speedy ATA disc drives that can boost the performance of their PCs and even perform jobs traditionally handled by SCSI technology. The drives offer an unprecedented combination of price and performance for applications supported by ATA RAID systems.??Corporate workhorse PCs, high-performance PCs, and high-performance consumer gaming and video-editing systems all benefit from the quiet, performance-oriented specifications of Seagate's Barracuda ATA family. Barracuda ATA drives continue to garner industry press accolades and rave reviews worldwide for their superior performance, ruggedness and value.??All Barracuda ATA drives include Seagate's comprehensive 3D Defense System for the best data protection in the industry, and sound barrier technology for the quietest performance available. Seagate provides DiscWizard for easy installation, and SeaTools for quick and accurate ... Less

The Barracuda 7200.7 product family is designed for today's business PCs, home entertainment PCs, entry-level ATA servers and Network-Attached Storage (NAS). The Barracuda 7200.7 extends the technology delivered by its predecessor, the Barracuda ATA V. Serial ATA is a faster, simpler, more intelligent interface technology designed to replace Parallel ATA as the PC and consumer electronics storage interface standard. Seagate's native Serial ATA technology contains no translator bridges to reduce performance. Serial ATA provides the industry with a clear path to continued storage growth, data integrity and ease of integration.??The Barracuda 7200.7 hard drive's durable design resists up to 350 Gs non-operating shock. A number of new design improvements enable the Barracuda to continue Seagate's industry-leading ruggedness. Fewer, smaller and lower-profile PCB components protect against handling damage. The PCB itself is now recessed to reduce the risk of handling damage. A recessed m... Less