Compare Hard Disk Drives

Compare Seagate Barracuda 500GB vs Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB

Seagate Barracuda 500GB and Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB are both hard disk drives with the same Capacity (500 GB), RPM (7200) and Interface (SATA 6 Gb/s). The main differences are in Performance (+29%) and Cache.
Save comparison
Prices
(Change region)
Out of Stock
Free shipping
Out of Stock
Out of Stock
Free shipping
Show 1 more offers
Prices
(Change region)
In Stock
$33.33
Last updated 25 minutes ago.
In Stock
Free shipping
* Pangoly may earn a commission when you use one of the links to make a purchase. (Disclosure)
* Product prices and availability are subject to change frequently. Any price and availability information displayed on Amazon at the time of purchase will apply.
Brand
Seagate
Brand
Toshiba
Model
ST500DM002
Model
DT01ACA050
Release Date
📅 November 2011
Release Date
📅 August 2012
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews
★★★★★
(121 reviews)
User reviews
Performance (Charts)
110th / 637
(-29%)
Performance (Charts)
71st / 637
(0%)
Effective Value
64th / 161
Effective Value
2nd / 161
Price history
View Details ►
Price history
View Details ►
Price/GB
$0.12
Price/GB
$0.07
GB/$1
8.33
GB/$1
15
Pros
  • Reliability
  • Good performance
Pros
-
Capacity
500 GB
Capacity
500 GB
Cache
16MB
Cache
32MB
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 500GB:

Buy now

Reasons to buy the Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB:

  • 44% cheaper, you can save $26.67
  • Moderately better performance, around +29%
  • Much better effective value.
  • Newer Product, it was released around 9 months later
  • More Internal Cache (+16 MB available)

Buy now

Have you found incorrect information on this page? Contact us and we will fix it as soon as possible.

Trending comparisons (Hard Disk Drives)

x