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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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Seagate Barracuda 3TB

Seagate Barracuda 250GB

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Brand

Seagate

Brand

Seagate

Model

ST3000DM001

Model

ST250DM000

Release Date

📅 November 2013

Release Date

📅 November 2011

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Performance (Charts)

20th / 637

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Performance (Charts)

117th / 637

(-65%)

Effective Value

48th / 161

Effective Value

51st / 161

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Price/GB

$0.04

Price/GB

$0.18

GB/$1

25.64

GB/$1

5.56

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"

Options (5)

	1TB $70.00
	4TB $84.99
	5TB $255.95
	6TB $240.51
	8TB $359.45

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Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Seagate Barracuda 3TB:

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

Reasons to buy the Seagate Barracuda 250GB:

62% cheaper, you can save $72.00

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