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Compare Seagate Barracuda 3TB vs Barracuda 250GB

Seagate Barracuda 3TB and Seagate Barracuda 250GB are both hard disk drives with the same RPM (7200), Interface (SATA 6 Gb/s) and Form Factor (3.5"). The main differences are in Performance (+65%), Capacity and Cache.
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Brand
Seagate
Brand
Seagate
Model
ST3000DM001
Model
ST250DM000
Release Date
📅 November 2013
Release Date
📅 November 2011
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User reviews
★★★★★
(120 reviews)
User reviews
★★★★★
(120 reviews)
Performance (Charts)
20th / 637
(0%)
Performance (Charts)
117th / 637
(-65%)
Effective Value
48th / 161
Effective Value
44th / 161
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Price/GB
$0.04
Price/GB
$0.17
GB/$1
25.86
GB/$1
5.95
Pros
  • Reliability
  • Good performance
Pros
  • Reliability
  • Good performance
Capacity
3000 GB
Capacity
250 GB
Cache
64MB
Cache
16MB
RPM
7200
RPM
7200
Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s
Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s
Form Factor
3.5"
Form Factor
3.5"

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Seagate Barracuda 3TB:

  • Hugely better performance, around +65%
  • Newer Product, it was released around 23 months later
  • More Capacity (+2750 GB available)
  • More Internal Cache (+48 MB available)

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Reasons to buy the Seagate Barracuda 250GB:

  • 64% cheaper, you can save $74.01
  • Slightly better effective value.

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