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Compare Seagate Laptop Thin 500GB 5400RPM vs Barracuda 500GB

Seagate Laptop Thin 500GB 5400RPM and Seagate Barracuda 500GB are both hard disk drives with the same Capacity (500 GB) and Cache (16MB). The main differences are in Performance (+38%), RPM, Interface and Form Factor.

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Seagate Laptop Thin 500GB 5400RPM

Seagate Barracuda 500GB

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Brand

Seagate

Brand

Seagate

Model

ST500LT012

Model

ST500DM002

Release Date

📅 September 2013

Release Date

📅 November 2011

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Performance (Charts)

156th / 637

(-38%)

Performance (Charts)

110th / 637

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Effective Value

95th / 161

Effective Value

64th / 161

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Price/GB

$0.09

Price/GB

$0.12

GB/$1

11.11

GB/$1

8.33

Pros

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Pros

Reliability
Good performance

Capacity

500 GB

Capacity

500 GB

Cache

16MB

Cache

16MB

RPM

5400

RPM

7200

Interface

SATA 3 Gb/s

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Form Factor

2.5"

Form Factor

3.5"

Options (2)

	320 GB 7200rpm $46.55
	500 GB 7200rpm $47.00

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Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Seagate Laptop Thin 500GB 5400RPM:

Newer Product, it was released around 22 months later

Reasons to buy the Seagate Barracuda 500GB:

Much better performance, around +38%
Moderately better effective value.
Higher Revolutions Per Minute (+1800 RPM)

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