Barracuda XT Features

The new Barracuda XT hard drive from Seagate delivers the industry's first 3TB desktop drive with a comprehensive, non-hardware solution to access the entire 3TB of data, even on legacy systems. Utilizing new features within the free Seagate Disc Wizard software, Barracuda XT users can now deploy 3TB of storage on legacy systems using Windows XP and PC BIOS systems or on newer Windows systems and systems equipped with new UEFI BIOS.

• Maximize your system performance with the industry's biggest cache available-64 MB.
• Future-proof your storage with the SATA 6Gb/s interface, which is fully compatible with legacy SATA controllers while also providing an upgrade path to a host of new SATA 6Gb/s motherboards and hard drive controllers.
• Backed by the Seagate 5-Year Limited Warranty and boasting a massive 2 TB of storage capacity, you can rest easy knowing your Barracuda XT hard drive will provide you with more than ample space and years of worry-free operation.

Key Advantages

• Massive 3TB and 2TB capacity options provide plenty of room for downloading today's storage-craving PC games or storing many hours of high-definition video content.
• The first comprehensive, non-hardware solution to accessing 3TB of capacity by using Seagate DiscWizard software.
• The 7200-RPM performance platform complements high capacity, delivering a powerful combination of extreme storage and top-end desktop performance.
• A 64MB caches optimizes burst performance and reduces data throughput bottlenecks.
• The SATA 6Gb/s interface enables the use of the industry's newest and fastest hard drive controllers while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s systems.

Best-Fit Applications

• High-performance PC gaming systems
• High-definition video editing and production systems
• Home servers and workstations
• Desktop RAID
• Firewire 800- or eSATA-enabled external storage devices

ST33000651AS Specifications

• Model Number: ST33000651AS
• Interface Options: SATA 6Gb/s NCQ
• Transfer Rate: Max Ext (MB/s) 600
• Sustained Data Rate: OD (MB/s) 149
• Cache (MB): 64
• Average Latency (ms): 4.16
• Spindle Speed (RPM): 7200
• Heads/Disks: 10/5
• Bytes per Sector: 512
• Load/Unload Cycles: 300K
• Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read: Max 1 per 10E14
• Annualized Failure Rate: 0.34%
• Mean Time Between Failures (hours): 750,000
• Limited Warranty (years): 5
• Startup Current +12 Peak (A, ±10%): 2.0
• Idle, Average (W): 7.37
• Operating Temperature (°C): -5 to 60
• Nonoperating Temperature (°C): -40 to 70
• 2 ms Operating Shock (Gs): 63
• 2 ms Nonoperating Shock (Gs): 300
• Idle Acoustics (bels - sound power): 2.8
• Seek Acoustics (bels - sound power): 3.2
• Physical Height (in/mm) 1.028/26.1
• Physical Width (in/mm) 4.00/101.6
• Physical Depth (in/mm) 5.787/146.99
• Physical Weight (lb/kg) 1.543/700

Source: Seagate Technology LLC

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