Seagate 7200.12 drives

[dayloon]

Hi,

I just wondered if anyone had these and what you think of them ? I've been thinking about getting a couple but the reviews out there are AWFUL ! Literally every review i've read was negative. Below are 2 comments from 1 review which generally seems to be the opinion of all the reviewers :

The 7200.12 is very fast when it comes to real-world reads, but it's much slower than the competition when writing and copying files.

And at more than 17ms, the 7200.12's random access time is slower than any other desktop drive we've tested. Ever.

 

[mcalladine]

i recently bought 1 and its much faster than my old samsung 250gb hdd, cant tell u the speed as i havent had chance to test it, loads up vista and installs faster than my old 1.

 

[AbsenceJam]

They're Seagate drives, well renowned for disappointing performance. The 7200.12 also has very difference performance over different firmware iterations.
The 7200.12 will be trounced whenever another manufacturer releases a 7200rpm disk with 500GB platters ie Samsung shortly.