Seagate BarraCuda HDD, SATA 6G, 5400RPM, 3.5 inch - 6 TB [ST6000DM003]

 On the other hand, hard drives are not really among the power guzzlers in the PC, so the real saving effect should not be overstated.

It is therefore rather astonishing that the HDD, despite a significantly lower power consumption percentage, allows a full data transfer of a respectable 185 megabytes per second. Even the fastest drives have problems with them. The BarraCuda achieves this dream value with a speed of 5,400 rpm. Nevertheless, she remains reserved about the volume development.

The cache is also very large with 256 megabytes. With 185 MB / s data transfer rate, the limit of the older SATA-2 connection is not far anymore, but the SATA 6G interface built in here not only offers the advantage of a higher bandwidth. This is because the protocol has also been sharpened, for example, to increase energy efficiency and to optimize the transmission of multiple simultaneous data streams with high bandwidth.

Overall, Seagate laces therefore a very attractive overall package - the BarraCuda is very economical, quiet and at the same time enormously fast, even in comparison with many HDDs from other manufacturers. So Green-IT not only convinces the mind, but also the heart.

Technical details:
- Dimensions: 101.85 x 26.11 x 146.99 mm (W x H x D)
- Format: 3.5 inches
- Weight: 610 g
- Capacity: 6 TB
- Speed: 5,400 rpm
- Cache: 256 MB
- Continuous data transfer rate: 185 MB / s
- Connection: SATA 6G
- Power consumption (no load / average): 3.4 / 5.3 W
- Starting current: max. 2 A
- Operating temperature: 0 - 60 ° C