Are the Seagate 7200.10s OK now?

TheVoice · 8 Jan 2007 at 20:53

Hi guys,

Having seen a number of worrying posts about noisy and unimpressive 7200.10s, has the problem been remedied now, or is it still a bit of a lucky dip as to whether it's a 'good' one or not? Looking at getting an SATA 320GB one, if that helps.

Thanks a lot.

james.miller · 8 Jan 2007 at 20:54

i got a 500gb 7200.10. it spins very quietly, seek is a little louder than my 250gb hitachi but its not obtrusive, and with thew rubber damping rings that come with my case you cant really hear it at all

Massive Attack · 8 Jan 2007 at 21:15

yes they are fine if u buy from a reliable etailer

TheVoice · 9 Jan 2007 at 02:39

OK cool. Hopefully a few more people could post their views before I order one tomorrow morning.

Thanks guys.

iMacMart · 9 Jan 2007 at 08:32

Got one 250gb and I have another coming today for a RAID 0 I think their great drives, quite and fast in single mode so far..!!

Best HD tach score even on my 36gb Raptor but that is only a 8mb cache!

Can't wait to test the RAID 0 set-up when I set it up later

koolcrusader · 9 Jan 2007 at 08:46

I had a noisy 160g one. Now have a quiet Samsung.

rpstewart · 9 Jan 2007 at 09:10

koolcrusader said:
I had a noisy 160g one. Now have a quiet Samsung.

That won't have been a 7200.10, you can only get those in 200Gb+

semi-pro waster · 9 Jan 2007 at 09:37

I bought one a couple of weeks back now and it seems fine so far although I've not used it too much just yet. It isn't noisy and seems fairly quick although I haven't run HDTach yet, I am running it on a SATA motherboard as well, not SATA II.

koolcrusader · 9 Jan 2007 at 09:40

rpstewart said:
That won't have been a 7200.10, you can only get those in 200Gb+

Ooops, i meant 200g!

Mattus · 9 Jan 2007 at 16:14

I got a 320GB one just before Christmas (not from OcUK). At idle it's silent but seeking is quite noisy compared to my old Hitachi 7K250. Very fast drive though.

Massive Attack · 9 Jan 2007 at 16:53

ignore

hardc0re_tid · 10 Jan 2007 at 15:40

koolcrusader said:
I had a noisy 160g one. Now have a quiet Samsung.

which you be replacing in appx 1 year, ive had 2 samsungs drives, different models which havnt lasted very long without something going wrong.

i got 2 250GB 7200.10's at the end of dec and they have been fine

iMacMart · 10 Jan 2007 at 22:21

Just set-up 2 x 250 Seagates on Raid 0 Lanparty Ultra-D board and got the score below with both jumpers off...?? Is that a bit low?

rpstewart · 10 Jan 2007 at 22:26

The burst speed is a bit lower than I've seen NVRaid deliver but in real terms it means nothing. It's the sustained read that makes the performance difference and yours looks fine.

iMacMart · 10 Jan 2007 at 22:29

Ok cheers rpstewart

I saw on a thead about taking a tick out of a box within device manager?

Should I be doing that too..?

Buffalo2102 · 11 Jan 2007 at 14:02

rpstewart said:
That won't have been a 7200.10, you can only get those in 200Gb+

I have seen several places offering a 160GB version SATA-II 7200.10. It is not listed on the Seagate website but if you if you Google the model number ST3160815AS then there is a link to the Seagate website. However, when you click on it the "webpage not found" dialogue appears.

I have also read somewhere that they were available in the 160GB to 750GB range but I can't find it now.

Does this mean that there was a 160GB model that is now discontinued, or is there some marketing "error" here.

Anyone know anything about this model number?