[DEAD]Seagate Barracuda Recertified 500GB SATA 32MB Hard Drive

[Pardus]

Seagate Barracuda Recertified 500GB SATA 32MB Hard Drive

Price: $49.99. $5 ship. 180 Day Seagate Warranty.

Warranty: 180 Day Seagate
Authorized for SquareTrade Extended Warranty

Features:
* 500 GB 7200 RPM SATA/300 internal hard drive with 32MB buffer
* Perpendicular recording technology for maximum drive capacity and reliability
* Ultra-fast performance with superb reliability and whisper-quiet operation
* Enhanced G-Force Protection against handling damage
* 78 MB/s maximum sustained data transfer rate
* Clean Sweep calibration and Directed Offline scan diagnostics
* 8.5 ms average seek time
* 4.16 ms average latency
* 3.5-inch form factor

Specifications:
* Model Number: ST3500630AS
* Interface: SATA 3.0Gb/s
* Cache: 32 MBytes
* Capacity: 500 GB
* Guaranteed Sectors: 976,773,168

Physical:
* Height (max): 26.1 mm (1.028 inches)
* Width (max): 101.6 mm (4.010 inches)
* Length (max): 146.99 mm (5.787 inches)
* Weight (typical): 635 grams (1.40 pounds)

Performance:
* Spindle Speed: 7,200 rpm
* Average latency: 4.16 msec
* Random read seek time: <8.5 msec
* Random write seek time: <10.0 msec

Reliability:
* MTBF: 700,000 hours
* Annual Failure Rate: 0.34 %

Power Specifications:
* Maximum start current, DC: 2.80 amps
* +5V, 0.72A
* +12V, 0.52A

Product Requirements:
* SATA controller
* SATA cable
* Available 3.5-inch drive bay
* Available power connector

In the box:
* Seagate 500 GB SATA/300 Hard Drive

 

[gevorg]

Warm, not hot, since its Recertified for $55 shipped. You're basically giving up 5 years of warranty for measly $15 in savings (Newegg has this drive for $70 shipped).

 

[gspyer]

I always what they mean by recertified. Does someone drop the hard drive, then Seagate just replaces a platter and thinks, they this kinda still works, let's sell it. I would be super afraid to put data on it.