Seagate HD Model Number st3200822a-rk

[akshatp]

Ive found soemone selling a 200gb PATA hard drive on the FS forums here on AT.

Its a Seagate 8mb, 7200rpm

I heard some rumblings about certain seagate models having issues. Can anyone tell me if this is one of those drives?

Should I pay a little extra and get the 16mb? Does it make that much difference, and if so, in what respect? I plan to use this HD in a PC which is mostly used for either watching torrents or burning DVD's and browsing the 'net. Nothing too intensive.

Any opinions are appreciated.

PS: I am getting the drive (new, boxed) for $75 in Amazon GC... Is this a decent price? I would assume so, CC is selling it for $150.

 

[furballi]

That's the Seagate 7200.7 Plus drive. Good n quiet unit. CompUSA has a sale on those last month for $50 AR. This drive should be more reliable than the 7200.8. The 16MB should not make any difference with normal use.

 

[GrammatonJP]

I been running them in my PowerEdge 350 file server for a while.. 0 Problem.. also I had them for about 2 years now 24/7. Still has 3 year warranty left...

Seagate200

 

[SparkyJJO]

the 7200.7 series is excelent. 7200.8 had more issues, 7200.9 is better but not around long enough to tell how much better than the 7200.8. That drive looks fine.

 

[Paulson]

I've got 2 7200.8 drives and have had no problems with either. One is a 300GB PATA and the other is a 200GB PATA. They run 24/7 in my server and my living room DirecTv TiVo (it's hacked)

 

[GrammatonJP]

They're probably all good... might as well wait for the 7200.10..